An exploration of how acceptance of panspermia will soon change history• Offers extensive scientific proof of panspermia--that life arose on Earth via comets and that evolution is seeded by viruses arriving via comets and interstellar dust• Explores the major philosophical, psychological, cultural, religious, and environmental ramifications of the acceptance of this new scientific worldviewMainstream consensus is that life arose on Earth spontaneously out of “primor...

The life story of this book spans many stages of the life and scientific career of one of the foremost astrophysicists/astrobiologists of our times. Starting from his boyhood days, the book describes the author's scientific work over the past 50 years, the ground-breaking discoveries he had made, the controversies generated in the scientific community, and the gradual acceptance of his discoveries. Written in lucid non-technical language it captures the essence of the author's research at ...

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 c...

An exploration of how acceptance of panspermia will soon change history• Offers extensive scientific proof of panspermia--that life arose on Earth via comets and that evolution is seeded by viruses arriving via comets and interstellar dust• Explores the major philosophical, psychological, cultural, religious, and environmental ramifications of the acceptance of this new scientific worldviewMainstream consensus is that life arose on Earth spontaneously out of “primor...