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The deep hot biosphere

by Thomas Gold, Freeman Dyson

This volume presents a theory that a vast microbial biosphere exists deep within the Earth's crust, sustained by primordial hydrocarbons rather than fossil fuels. It explores the implications for the origins of life and the availability of global energy resources.

Accession 5700 ISBN 0387985468 Publisher Copernicus Books
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