Required readings:
 

"The Fifth Miracle",  Paul Davies, chap 4, chap. 5, chap 10.
 
 
 

Optional readings (on reserve at Zimmerman library):

 
"On the Cosmic Horizon:  Ten Great Mysteries for Third Millennium Astronomy", Jeffrey Bennett, Mystery #1.

How we could create life, Paul Davies  view article

"Investigations", Stuart Kauffman, preface, chap 1, chap. 2.