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_b.D345 1999
100 1 _aDavies, P. C. W
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245 1 4 _aThe Fifth Miracle :
_bThe Search for the Origin and Meaning of Life /
_cPaul Davies
260 _aNew York, NY :
_bSimon & Schuster,
_cc1999.
300 _a304 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 275-291) and index
505 0 0 _gch. 1.
_tMeaning of life --
_gch. 2.
_tAgainst the tide --
_gch. 3.
_tOut of the slime --
_gch. 4.
_tMessage in the machine --
_gch. 5.
_tChicken-and-egg paradox --
_gch. 6.
_tCosmic connection --
_gch. 7.
_tSuperbugs --
_gch. 8.
_tMars: red and dead? --
_gch. 9.
_tPanspermia --
_gch. 10.
_tBio-friendly universe?
520 _aExplains 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
650 0 _aLife
_xOrigin
650 0 _aLife
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aDavies, P. C. W.
_tFifth miracle.
_dNew York, NY : Simon & Schuster, c1999
_w(OCoLC)647273866
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
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856 4 2 _3Publisher description
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856 4 1 _3Sample text
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856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
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