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12 - Where There's Life There's Intelligence

from Theology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 July 2017

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Ted Peters
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Andreas Losch
Andreas Losch
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Universität Bern, Switzerland
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What is Life? On Earth and Beyond , pp. 236 - 259
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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