The Fifth Miracle : The Search for the Origin and Meaning of Life /
Davies, P. C. W
The Fifth Miracle : The Search for the Origin and Meaning of Life / Paul Davies - New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, c1999. - 304 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-291) and index
Meaning of life -- Against the tide -- Out of the slime -- Message in the machine -- Chicken-and-egg paradox -- Cosmic connection -- Superbugs -- Mars: red and dead? -- Panspermia -- Bio-friendly universe? ch. 1. ch. 2. ch. 3. ch. 4. ch. 5. ch. 6. ch. 7. ch. 8. ch. 9. ch. 10.
Explains our current knowledge about life's origins, focusing on recently discovered "superbugs" which may have arrived here on asteroids, and arguing that life grew from primitive information-processing systems
0684837994 9780684837994 068486309X (pbk.) 9780684863092 (pbk.)
98033421
Life--Origin
Life
QH325 / .D345 1999
576.83 / DAV
The Fifth Miracle : The Search for the Origin and Meaning of Life / Paul Davies - New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, c1999. - 304 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-291) and index
Meaning of life -- Against the tide -- Out of the slime -- Message in the machine -- Chicken-and-egg paradox -- Cosmic connection -- Superbugs -- Mars: red and dead? -- Panspermia -- Bio-friendly universe? ch. 1. ch. 2. ch. 3. ch. 4. ch. 5. ch. 6. ch. 7. ch. 8. ch. 9. ch. 10.
Explains our current knowledge about life's origins, focusing on recently discovered "superbugs" which may have arrived here on asteroids, and arguing that life grew from primitive information-processing systems
0684837994 9780684837994 068486309X (pbk.) 9780684863092 (pbk.)
98033421
Life--Origin
Life
QH325 / .D345 1999
576.83 / DAV