A New Thermodynamics Theory of the Origin of Life (2014)

I think the organization process itself is what most people will find questionable about this. Making statements like:

"You start with a random clump of atoms, and if you shine light on it for long enough, it should not be so surprising that you get a plant"

Is obviously counter-intuitive for most people and certainly surprising. However, if this is the manner in which the universe actually operates, then this is brilliant. I think most of us would just want to see experiments and explanations that go further than this.

Direct link to publications from Jeremy England's group at MIT:

http://www.englandlab.com/publications.html