Book description
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: how can life spring into being from
non-living chemicals? THE FIFTH MIRACLE reveals the remarkable new
theories and discoveries that seem set to transform our understanding of
life's role in the unfolding drama of the cosmos.
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 suthor of over twenty books, including The Mind of
God, About Time and How to Build a Time Machine.
