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Cosmic Perspective
The book provides insight into the environments and processes that gave birth to life on our planet, which naturally informs our assessment of the probability that has arisen (or will arise) elsewhere.
Featuring data and research material involving galactic redshifts, this work produces evidence in support of the New Cosmology pioneered by the author.
Cosmic Perspective