FrontMatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- I-The Chemistry of Carbon -- 1 Biotic and Abiotic Carbon Compounds -- II-The Formation, Modification, and Preservation of Organic Compounds in the Solar System -- 2 Interstellar Chemistry -- 3 Meteorites -- 4 Primitive Bodies -- 5 The Giant Planets and Their Satellites -- 6 The Terrestrial Planets -- III-Exploration: Where to Go and What to Study -- 7 Approaches to Research -- AppendixGlossary.