The search for our cosmic ancestry /

The idea that life is a cosmic, rather than a purely terrestrial phenomenon, has progressed from scientific heresy to mainstream science within the short timespan of a few decades. The theory of cometary panspermia developed by Fred Hoyle and the present author in the 1970's has been vindicated...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wickramasinghe, Chandra, 1939- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Hackensack] New Jersey : World Scientific, 2014.
Temas:
Exobiology.
Extraterrestrial beings.
Life on other planets.
Extraterrestrial anthropology.
Exobiologie.
Extraterrestres.
Vie extraterrestre.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Extraterrestrial anthropology
Exobiology
Extraterrestrial beings
Life on other planets
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The: genesis of panspermia
  • The primordial soup and evolution
  • Cosmological context
  • From dust to life
  • Comets
  • Cosmic viruses in our genes
  • Evidence from epidemics
  • Microorganisms entering the Earth
  • Planets of life in the solar system
  • Search for exoplanets
  • Search for extraterrestrial intelligence
  • Meteorite clues
  • Comet impacts and civilization
  • The mystery of red rain.

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