TY  - BOOK
AU  - Davies,P.C.W
TI  - The Fifth Miracle: The Search for the Origin and Meaning of Life 
SN  - 0684837994
AV  - QH325 .D345 1999
U1  - 576.83 22
PY  - 1999///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - Life
KW  - Origin
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-291) and index; 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?
N2  - 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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