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Title: OUR PLACE IN THE COSMOS
THE UNFINISHED REVOLUTION
By: Sir Fred Hoyle, Chandra Wickramasinghe
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 0460860844
ISBN 13: 9780460860840
Publisher: ORION PUBLISHING CO
Pub. date: 25 March, 1993
Pages: 256
Description: In this book the authors attack the Earth-centric view that life originated in some virus-like form and simply evolved by natural selection. They show that it is overwhelmingly likely that life originated outside the solar system.
Synopsis: In this book the authors attack the Earth-centric view that life originated in some virus-like form and simply evolved by natural selection. Arguing from the evidence of virology and epidemiology, they show that it is overwhelmingly likely that life originated outside the solar system, and propose that life-forms from space are constantly arriving to mingle with our own biosphere.
Illustrations: 16pp b&w illustrations
Publication: UK
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Returns: Non-returnable
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