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Comets - A Vehicle for Panspermia

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Comets and the Origin of Life

Part of the book series: Proceedings of the College Park Colloquia ((PCPC,volume 5))

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Arguments are given for life being a cosmic phenomenon. The physical and chemical conditions associated with comets favour the hypothesis that comets carry, amplify and disperse life throughout the universe.

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  1. Department of Applied Mathematics and Astronomy, University College, P.O. Box 78, Cardiff, Wales, UK

    Fred Hoyle & Chandra Wickramasinghe

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  1. Fred Hoyle
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  1. Laboratory of Chemical Evolution, Department of Chemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742, USA

    Cyril Ponnamperuma

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Hoyle, F., Wickramasinghe, C. (1981). Comets - A Vehicle for Panspermia. In: Ponnamperuma, C. (eds) Comets and the Origin of Life. Proceedings of the College Park Colloquia, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8528-5_15

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