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Search for our cosmic ancestry / Chandra Wickramasinghe.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Singapore : World Scientific, ©2015.Description: xx, 196 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9789814616973
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 576.839 23 W637
Contents:
1. The genesis of panspermia -- 2. The primordial soup and evolution -- 3. Cosmological context -- 4. From dust to life -- 5. Comets -- 6. Cosmic viruses in our genes -- 7. Evidence from epidemics -- 8. Microorganisms entering the Earth -- 9. Planets of life in the solar system -- 10. Search for exoplanets -- 11. Search for extraterrestrial intelligence -- 12. Meteorite clues -- 13. Comet impacts and civilization -- 14. The mystery of red rain.
Summary: The book presents a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the Hoyle-Wickramasinghe theory of cometary panspermia in a manner accessible to a wide general readership.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The genesis of panspermia --
2. The primordial soup and evolution --
3. Cosmological context --
4. From dust to life --
5. Comets --
6. Cosmic viruses in our genes --
7. Evidence from epidemics --
8. Microorganisms entering the Earth --
9. Planets of life in the solar system --
10. Search for exoplanets --
11. Search for extraterrestrial intelligence --
12. Meteorite clues --
13. Comet impacts and civilization --
14. The mystery of red rain.

The book presents a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the Hoyle-Wickramasinghe theory of cometary panspermia in a manner accessible to a wide general readership.

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