Our Place in the Cosmos

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.

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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.