"Version: 20181001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. In the beginning -- 1.2. What is “life”? -- 1.3. The Miller-Urey experiment -- 1.4. General background and definitions2. What is the origin of the lightest elements? -- 2.1. The Big Bang -- 2.2. The Supernova Cosmology Project, the High-Z Supernova Project, and the SHOES Collaboration -- 2.3. T…