Things Come to Life
Subtitle: Spontaneous Generation Revisited
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: June 15, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780198515388
First sentence: In a world peopled by gods with magical powers, the creation of a living organism from inanimate matter presented no particular conceptual problem.
Description: The question of whether spontaneous generation could exist has occupied scientists, philosophers, historians, and theologians. This book deals with the social and religious context of the debate, and examines the evidence and its probative value.