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Norman Horowitz
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claimNorman Horowitz argued that the versatility of the carbon atom makes it the most likely element to provide solutions for survival on other planets.
claimNorman Horowitz considered it only a remote possibility that non-carbon life forms could exist with genetic information systems capable of self-replication, evolution, and adaptation.
claimNorman Horowitz considered it only a remote possibility that non-carbon life forms could exist with genetic information systems capable of self-replication, evolution, and adaptation.
claimNorman Horowitz (1915–2005) was a Caltech geneticist who devised the first experiments to detect life on Mars and considered alternatives to carbon-water biochemistry.
accountNorman Horowitz devised the experiments to detect life on Mars that were conducted by the Viking Lander in 1976.
claimNorman Horowitz argued that the versatility of the carbon atom makes it the most likely element to provide solutions for survival on other planets, even for exotic life forms.
accountNorman Horowitz devised the experiments used by the 1976 Viking Lander, the first U.S. mission to successfully land a probe on Mars, to search for life.