The beginnings of life as a cosmic phenomenon

N. C. Wickramasinghe

doi:10.1117/12.2192889

21 September 2015 The beginnings of life as a cosmic phenomenon

N. C. Wickramasinghe

Proceedings Volume 9606, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology XVII; 960602 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2192889
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The emerging consensus that comets carry the biochemical seeds of life coincides with the first step that was reached as early as 1977 in the historical development of the Hoyle-Wickramasinghe theory of cosmic life. To mark the centenary of the birth of Sir Fred Hoyle on 24 June 2015 this brief article retraces early developments that essentially heralded the new science of astrobiology.

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N. C. Wickramasinghe "The beginnings of life as a cosmic phenomenon", Proc. SPIE 9606, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology XVII, 960602 (21 September 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2192889

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