The Fifth Miracle : The Search for the Origin and Meaning of Life / Paul Davies

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Davies, P. C. W

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TextPublication details: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, c1999.Description: 304 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

0684837994
9780684837994
068486309X (pbk.)
9780684863092 (pbk.)

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: Fifth miracle.DDC classification:

22 576.83 DAV

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QH325 .D345 1999

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Contents:

ch. 1. Meaning of life -- ch. 2. Against the tide -- ch. 3. Out of the slime -- ch. 4. Message in the machine -- ch. 5. Chicken-and-egg paradox -- ch. 6. Cosmic connection -- ch. 7. Superbugs -- ch. 8. Mars: red and dead? -- ch. 9. Panspermia -- ch. 10. Bio-friendly universe?

Summary: 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

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-291) and index

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

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