Our Place in the Cosmos: The Unfinished Revolution

Hoyle, Fred & Wickramasinghe, Chandra

ISBN 10: 0460860844 / ISBN 13: 9780460860840

Published by J M Dent Ltd, London, 1993

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Owners name ffep; Index. "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." 500gms weight ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 200 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Our Place in the Cosmos: The Unfinished Revolution
• Publisher: J M Dent Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0460860844
• ISBN 13: 9780460860840
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science and Mathematics

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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.

About the Author

Sir Fred Hoyle (1915-2001) Sir Fred Hoyle was a famous English astronomer noted primarily for the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis and his often controversial stances on other scientific matters-in particular his rejection of the "Big Bang" theory, a term coined by him on BBC radio. He has authored hundreds of technical articles, as well as textbooks, popular accounts of science and two autobiographies. In addition to his work as an astronomer, Hoyle was a writer of science fiction, including a number of books co-written with his son Geoffrey Hoyle. Hoyle spent most of his working life at the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge and served as its director for a number of years. He was knighted in 1972 and died in Bournemouth, England, after a series of strokes.