Letter from Francis Crick to Eric I. Hamilton

Letter from Francis Crick to Eric I. Hamilton

Contributor(s):
The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
Hamilton, Eric I.
Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
Publication:
Produced: 6 September 1973
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Organelle Biogenesis
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
In his letter Crick responded to questions raised by Hamilton regarding Crick's theory of directed panspermia, the idea, first presented in Icarus (a journal devoted to astronomy and solar system studies, edited at the time by Carl Sagan), that life on earth was deliberately seeded by an extraterrestrial civilization. Crick discussed the conditions under which organisms containing DNA might be preserved during space travel and entry into earth's atmosphere.
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Extent:
1 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584582X176 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
SCBBMN
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X176
Archival Collection:
The Francis Crick Papers (Profiles in Science)