The search for our cosmic ancestry /
Wickramasinghe, Chandra, 1939-
The search for our cosmic ancestry / Chandra Wickramasinghe, Buckingham Centre for Astrobiology, UK. - xx, 196 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-186) and index.
The: genesis of panspermia -- The primordial soup and evolution -- Cosmological context -- From dust to life -- Comets -- Cosmic viruses in our genes -- Evidence from epidemics -- Microorganisms entering the Earth -- Planets of life in the solar system -- Search for exoplanets -- Search for extraterrestrial intelligence -- Meteorite clues -- Comet impacts and civilization -- The mystery of red rain.
9789814616966 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9814616966 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9789814616973 (softcover : alk. paper) 9814616974 (softcover : alk. paper)
2014018316
Exobiology.
Extraterrestrial beings.
Life on other planets.
QH326 / .W534 2015
576.8/39
The search for our cosmic ancestry / Chandra Wickramasinghe, Buckingham Centre for Astrobiology, UK. - xx, 196 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-186) and index.
The: genesis of panspermia -- The primordial soup and evolution -- Cosmological context -- From dust to life -- Comets -- Cosmic viruses in our genes -- Evidence from epidemics -- Microorganisms entering the Earth -- Planets of life in the solar system -- Search for exoplanets -- Search for extraterrestrial intelligence -- Meteorite clues -- Comet impacts and civilization -- The mystery of red rain.
9789814616966 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9814616966 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9789814616973 (softcover : alk. paper) 9814616974 (softcover : alk. paper)
2014018316
Exobiology.
Extraterrestrial beings.
Life on other planets.
QH326 / .W534 2015
576.8/39