The Origin of Life by Paul Davies - ISBN: 9780141013022
Paperback
Life’s origins: a cosmic mystery, revealed in Earth’s hidden depths.

The Origin of Life

  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    6 February 2003

Summary

‘One of a handful of first-rate scientists who are popular writers. If you are going to read only one book on the origin of life, seriously consider this one’ - The New York Times

The origins of life remains one of the great unsolved mysteries of science. Growing evidence suggests that the first organisms lived deep underground, in environments previously thought to be uninhabitable, and that microbes carried inside rocks have travelled between Earth and Mars. But the question remains…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141013022
ISBN-10:0141013028
Author:Paul Davies
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Edition:1st
Release Date:6 February 2003
Weight:236g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 18mm
Series:Penguin Science
About The Author

Paul Davies

Paul Davies is an internationally acclaimed physicist, writer and broadcaster, who holds the position of Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Australian Centre for Astrobiology at Macquarie University, Sidney. He is the author of over twenty books, including The Mind of God, About Time and How to Build a Time Machine.

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