Journey With Fred Hoyle, A (2nd Edition)

Journey With Fred Hoyle, A (2nd Edition)
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Publisher : World Scientific
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 9789814436144
ISBN-13 : 9814436143
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Book Synopsis Journey With Fred Hoyle, A (2nd Edition) by : Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe

Download or read book Journey With Fred Hoyle, A (2nd Edition) written by Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2013-02-27 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the author's unique scientific journey with one of the most remarkable men of 20th century science. The journey begins in Sri Lanka, the author's native country, with his childhood acquaintance with Fred Hoyle's writings. The action then moves to Cambridge, where the famous Hoyle-Wickramasinghe collaborations begin. A research programme which was started in 1962 on the carbonaceous nature of interstellar dust leads, over the next two decades, to developments that are continued in both Cambridge and Cardiff. These developments prompt Hoyle and the author to postulate the organic theory of cosmic dust (which is now generally accepted), and then to challenge one of the most cherished paradigms of contemporary science — the theory that life originated on Earth in a warm primordial soup.This new edition examines the many scientific developments that have transpired since the first edition was published. The discovery of bacteria in the upper reaches of the atmosphere, biological signatures in meteorites, spectroscopy of high-z galaxies and more all mesh with many of the ideas that had their origin in the first edition. Pushing into the future, the updated text examines the many experiments and probes currently operating or planned that will shed more light on the theory of planetary panspermia. A Journey with Fred Hoyle is an intriguing book that delineates the progress of a collaboration spanning 40 years, through a sequence of personal reflections, anecdotes and reminiscences.


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