Forty years ago, Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe challenged the long-held belief that life originated spontaneously from a primordial soup on Earth — a concept rooted in Aristotelian philosophy and dominant in Western science for over two millennia. They proposed that life might have originated elsewhere in the universe and spread to Earth through a process called panspermia.
Hoyle and Wickramasinghe’s research, supported by advancements in space technology and astronomy, argued that the origins of life required a cosmological scale beyond the solar system or galaxy. Their work contributed to the emergence of astrobiology, merging astronomy and biology, and indicated a shift from Earth-centered theories of life.
Their challenge parallels the Copernican revolution, which displaced Earth from the center of the universe. Similarly, Hoyle and Wickramasinghe’s ideas suggest a new paradigm shift in science, moving towards a view of life as a cosmic phenomenon. Recent discoveries, particularly with the James Webb Space Telescope, further support this shift, indicating that a major transformation in our understanding of life’s origins may be approaching.
Contents:
- Prologue
- Introduction by Rudy Schild and Chandra Wickramasinghe
- Cosmology and the Origins of Life
- Life Beyond the Limits of Our Planetary System
- Quest for Life on Jupiter and Its Moons
- Reluctance to Admit We Are Not Alone as an Intelligent Lifeform in the Cosmos
- The Second Copernican Revolution
- Search for Aliens, and UFO’s
- A Note on a Biological Explanation for the ERE Phenomenon
- Cosmicrobia: A New Designation for the Theory of Cosmic Life
- Search for UFOs and Aliens: Modern Evidence and Ancient Traditions
- Life and the Universe: A Final Synthesis
- Standard Big-Bang Cosmology Faces Insurmountable Obstacles?
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
Readership: Anyone interested in research or History of Astrobiology.
Key Features:
- Only book in the field, written by very experienced authors who helped to establish the field of Astrobiology. Includes advances from
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