proteins and amino acids and water desired a calm welcoming environment

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An example of anthropomorphism in popular science writing:

"…these cosmic rocks…might have delivered life's all important building blocks: proteins, amino acids and the essential solvent, water, needed for life to thrive. All that these life-giving ingredients desired was a calm, welcoming environment to bed down in; somewhere not too hot and not too cold."

Natalie Starkey

Starkey, N. (2018). Catching Stardust. Comets, asteroids and the birth of the solar system. Bloomsbury Sigma.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.