Astronomical origins of life : steps towards panspermia /

Two of the pioneers of the modern version of panspermia - the theory that comets disperse microbial life throughout the cosmos - trace the development of their ideas through a sequence of key papers. A logical progression of thought is shown to lead up to the currently accepted viewpoint that at lea...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Hoyle, F., Wickramasinghe, Chandra, 1939-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer, 2000.
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