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...into the future. In between he leads the way through a catalogue of human accomplishment, from Pythagoras on the mathematical laws that govern the universe to the revolutionary observations of Ptolemy, Copernicus and Galileo; from Newton's experiments on the diffraction of light to James Watson and Francis Crick's discovery of the key to the alphabet of life, the master molecule...
...rapidly growing interest and activity in brain research parallels an energetic, worldwide investigation of genetics that preceded James Watson and Francis Crick's 1953 discovery of the structure of the DNA molecule. Indeed, many outstanding biochemists and microbiologists who helped lay the groundwork for that monumental breakthrough have recognized that the brain now represents science's greatest challenge. Some have announced their conversion to neuroscience, the discipline that deals with the brain and nervous system. The work of the neuroscientists has already produced an exponential increase in man's understanding of the brain-and a good...
...Crick and Orgel also ask why there is only one genetic code for terrestrial life. If creatures sprang to life in some great "primeval soup," as many biologists believe, it is surprising that organisms with a number of different codes do not exist. In fact, Crick and Orgel say, the existence of a single code seems to be entirely compatible with the notion that all life descended from a single instance of directed panspermia...
...seeding of terrestrial life could have been carried out by a civilization that was only slightly more advanced than man is now. In fact, Crick and Orgel estimate, man within a few decades will have nuclear rocket engines that would enable him to conduct a little panspermia of his own. Using such rockets, it would be possible to reach planets orbiting around any of thousands of stars with spacecraft carrying microorganisms, such as dormant algae and bacterial spores. Suitably protected and maintained at temperatures close to absolute zero, the organisms could be kept alive for a million years or more...
...would man, or some distant intelligent beings, ever launch a panspermia project? To demonstrate technological capability, say Crick and Orgel-or, more probably, out of "some form of missionary zeal...