CategoryFred Hoyle
in Fred Hoyle 2019-9-9 : A VIDEO tribute to Sir Fred Hoyle – one of the outstanding astrophysicists of all time
Sir Fred Hoyle was one of the outstanding astrophysicists of all time. He was the pioneer scientist to initiate the concept of Stellar Nucleosynthesis. He was known for many controversial theories such as Steady-State theory, Quasi Steady-State theory, Panspermia, Molecular Cloud etc. Later, many of his theories were accepted by a major part of the...
in Chandra Wickramasinghe's BLOG, Fred Hoyle, Letter to Editor, Life is a Cosmic Phenomenon, Press Releases 2017-10-31: Letter to London Times Editor – Cosmic Life
in BLOG, Chandra Wickramasinghe's BLOG, Fred Hoyle, Impact on Human Institutions 2017-7-1 : Did Life on Earth Come From Outer Space?
I thought my readers might enjoy this article : A look at the scientific evidence for panspermia. “The strongest evidence to support a cosmic origin of life and panspermia is the mind-boggling complexity of life.” My colleague Sir Fred Hoyle famously commented : In the 16 years since Fred passed, we have discovered so much...
in BLOG, Chandra Wickramasinghe's BLOG, Evidence, Fred Hoyle, History, History, Hypothesis, Impact on Human Consciousness, Life is a Cosmic Phenomenon, Panspermia 2017-7-1 : Sky At Night Asks “Did Life Come From Space” – Again after 40 years
It was 11 October 1978, 40 years ago next year, that Patrick Moore interviewed Sir Fred Hoyle and Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe on the hypothesis that “Life is a Cosmic Phenomenon”. Since that time experiment after experiment, have accumulated evidence consistent with the hypothesis; and today in 2017, Panspermia remains the “best” model for life in...
in Bill Smith's BLOG, BLOG, Fred Hoyle, Life is a Cosmic Phenomenon 2017-6-9 : Life is a cosmic phenomenon – Exclusive interview with Prof. Chandra Wickramasinghe
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2015-10-14 : “The birth centenary of the noted British astrophysicist Sir Fred Hoyle was celebrated on Friday at the Royal Astronomical Society with a one-day meeting of talks describing Sir Fred’s many contributions to 20th century physics”. This post takes you to a fine report of the whole day’s event. I am honoured the writer, Cormac O’Rafferty,...
July 6, 2015 : by Bill Smith – post graduate student of Chandra Wickramasinghe. As NASA has now changed its overall mission tag from “Search for Water” to “Seeking the Signs of Life”; and as missions to Titan, Enceladus, Europa and Mars are planned to “seek for the signs of life”, the astrobiologists of this...
in BLOG, Chandra Wickramasinghe's BLOG, Fred Hoyle June 21-24, 2015 : INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TO MARK THE CENTENARY OF EINSTEIN’S THEORY OF GENERAL RELATIVITY AND THE BIRTH OF SIR FRED HOYLE
Report by Chandra Wickramasinghe A sleepy little Indian town called Changa in the district of Anand in the State of Gujarat came alive from 21st-24th June with the descent of scores of astronomers and physicists from across in India and abroad. The publication of the very first paper by Albert Einstein on the General Theory...
in Fred Hoyle A MAN WHO CHANGED THE WAY WE SEE THE WORLD – The Centenary of Sir Fred Hoyle (1915-2015) by Kamala Wickramasinghe
He strode the scientific stage of the 20th century like a colossus inspiring a whole generation of scientists but also reaching out to millions with his lectures and his science fiction works. Throughout a career spanning six decades, he sought answers to some of the biggest questions posed by physics and astronomy and was a...
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