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From: powi@ur-tut (Peter Owings)
Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.astro,sci.philosophy.tech
Subject: Re: DNA for interstellar messages
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Date: 5 Jul 88 20:36:45 GMT
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Reply-To: powi@tut.cc.rochester.edu.UUCP (Peter Owings)
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In article <2743@bath63.ux63.bath.ac.uk> bs_wab@ux63.bath.ac.uk (Bains) writes:
>
>Has anyone a) come across this paper before or b) come across similar
>ideas anywhere else?
>
	Well, I haven't heard anything about this paper, but one scientist
not far from you takes this kind of thing very seriously.  I was fortunate
enough to have several conversations with Sir Fred Hoyle when he visited
the University of Rochester.  If there is anyone who has written about 
stuff like "Bacteria From Space", Sir Fred has.  You might try looking at
a book called _Grains_to_Bacteria_.  The only problem with this book is
that it is very technical, going into spectral observations of interstellar
particles.
	But, if you want someone who has put a lot of thought into this,
I highly recommend Sir Fred.  I don't think that he is still teaching at
Cambridge, but he is still around there somewhere.

Peter...


>Many thanks for your help.
>
	's alright,

>William Bains     

	Peter Owings
	University of Rochester
	"The Cold and Distant Outpost, USA"