The prehistory of panspermia: Astrophysical or metaphysical?

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-180

  Temple, Robert ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaxagoras; Ancient concepts; Cosmic spermata; Egyptian; Gnostic Christian; Hindu; Manichaean; Panspermia; Pre Socratic Greek

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; PHILOSOPHY;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 34547116445     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550407003692     Document Type: Article

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