Whoops , forgot to say that those books were coauthored with N.C.Wickramasinghe another respected Astrophysicist. Interestingly the times literary supplement commented on the book when it was published saying " When two extremely distinguished astronomers cogitate upon the origin of life in the solar system we should not ignore their conclusions. Entertaining and stimulating". If your interested In this subject they are a good read! Fred Hoyle also wrote many well known science fiction novels , the best known was serialized by the BBC in the 60's , " A for Andromeda" . This story must have led to the ideas used in the movies "species" and "first contact"
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