Our cosmic origins : from the big bang to the emergence of life and intelligence /
Armand Delsemme ; ]foreword by Christian de Duve].
- English ed.
- New York : Cambridge University Press, c1998.
- xviii, 322 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-312) and index.
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Draws from the fields of cosmology, astronomy, geology, biochemistry, and biology to provide an account of how life evolved on Earth, from the particles that led to the Big Bang to the discovery of possible bacteria in Martian meteorites; and argues that life is likely to exist elsewhere in the universe.