Chandra Wickramasinghe Libri

As advanced by astronomer-cosmologist Sir Fred Hoyle, astronomy, biology, astrobiology, astrophysics, and cosmology converge agreeably with natural theology. In The Big Bang and God, these interdisciplinary convergences are developed by an astronomer collaborating with a theologian. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Abstract Summary Preview PART I: ASTRO-THEOLOGY AND COSMOLOGY 1.1. Modern Astro-Theology - William Derham 1.4. Postmodern Revisions 1.7. Cosmology - Fred Hoyle 1.8. Big Bang Cosmology - Georges Edouard Lemaître 1.11. Big Bang Cosmology - Edgar Allan Poe 1.20. Hoyle's Contributions to Big Bang, Steady State, Quasi-Steady-State, Inflationary, and Multiverse Cosmologies PART II: INTERDISCIPLINARY CONVERGENCES: FROM STARDUST TO DEITY 2.1. Astrochemistry 2.3. From Astrochemistry to Astrobiology 2.4. First Hoylean Argument Leading to Astrobiology 2.5. Anthropic Principle 2.10. Nuclear Astrophysics 2.11. Second Hoylean Argument Leading to Astrobiology 2.12. Astrobiology 2.16. Comets and Biology - Cometary Panspermia 2.19. Interstellar Bacteria 2.20. Astrobiology and Cosmology 2.21. From Astrobiology and Cosmology to Theology PART III: MICROBIOLOGY AND COMETARY PANSPERMIA 3.1. Origins of Microbial Life 3.14. Enter Fred Hoyle 3.22. From Elements to Organic Molecules and Life 3.24. Hoyle-Wickramasinghe Collaboration Begins 3.30. Cometary Panspermia verses Random Assembly 3.35. The Meteorite Microfossil Saga 3.39. Microorganisms in the Stratosphere 3.41. Cometary Panspermia Today 3.45. Concerning the Next Chapter PART IV: COSMOLOGY, REALITY, AND PANORAMIC THEOLOGY 4.1. Cosmic Variables 4.2. Variations in Reality-inclusiveness 4.4. Reality-inclusiveness and the Reality of God 4.6. Panentheism 4.11. Pantheism 4.12. Classical Theisms 4.14. Atheism 4.15. Reality-inclusiveness and Universe 4.16. Panentheism Affirms One God, One Universe PART V: COSMOLOGY, PANORAMIC BIOLOGY, AND PANORAMIC PSYCHOLOGY 5.1. Cosmology: Definitions and Scope 5.7. Cosmological Models 5.16. Cosmology: Where Biology and Psychology Meet Theology 5.20. Panspermia and Panpsychism: Dictionary Data 5.23. Panspermia 5.28. Panpsychism 5.30. Panpsychism and Brain Functions 5.36. Panpsychism as Neoclassical and Postmodern 5.39. Panpsychism / Universal Psychicalism 5.42. Universal Animism 5.43. Universal Creationism Entails Universal Evolution 5.47. Panpsychism and Obviously Inanimate Objects PART VI: ANALOGY, METAPHYSICS, FACT, MYTHICAL SYMBOLS, THEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS, AND RELIGION IN POSTMODERN SCIENCE 6.1. Mind-Body Analogy and Person-to-Cell Analogy 6.6. From Psychology and Biology to Theology 6.8. Analogy and Metaphysics 6.10. From Astro-Biotic and Cosmo-Biotic Reasoning to Theology 6.19. Factual Requirements in Postmodern Science 6.28. Cometary Panspermia and Mythical Symbols 6.33. Cometary Panspermia and Theological Implications 6.38. Panspermia and Religion PART VII: FUTURE INTERDISCIPLINARY CONVERGENCES TOWARD THEOLOGY: A POSTMODERN TREND 7.1. Astronomy, Astrobiology, Cosmology, Theology 7.3. Sociology 7.5. Metaphysical Sociology 7.6. Metaphysics of Nature 7.7. Metaphysics of Morals 7.8. Liberty-Oriented Ethics, Theology, and Cosmology 7.9. Narration/Storytelling 7.11. Mythology 7.14. Graphic Images, Art, Dance, Music, Poetry, and Literature 7.16. Science and Science Fiction 7.19. Science and Spirituality 7.20. Multiverse Speculations and Avoiding the G-word 7.22. Multiverse and Implicit Generic Quasi-Steady-State Cosmology 7.27. Concluding Predictions PART VIII: FUTURE ASTROBIOLOGY 8.1. Rigidity of Paradigms 8.8. Clash with Religion: The Arkansas Trial 8.13. Emergence of Cometary Panspermia 8.18. Clash with Authority 8.20. Evolutionary Predictions 8.23. Horizontal Gene Transfer 8.28. Viral Sequences in Genomes 8.32. Astronomical Spectroscopy 8.35. Crucial Data from Meteorites 8.36. The Polonnaruwa Meteorite PART IX 9.0. From William Derham's Modern Demonstration of God to John Wesley's Precedent for Postmodern Exemplification of God

"Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe, in this account of his pioneering work as an astronomer, sees comets with their magnificent tails of cosmic dust as being both a life giving force for our planet and equally as destroyers of life."--Dust jacket flap.

The book explores the evolution of the concept that life is a cosmic phenomenon, transitioning from fringe theory to accepted science. It highlights the groundbreaking theory of cometary panspermia, developed by Fred Hoyle and the author, and its validation through recent astronomical and biological discoveries, including microbial fossils in meteorites. With insights from the Kepler Telescope's findings of billions of habitable exoplanets, it argues for the likelihood of microbial life transfer between these worlds, presented in an accessible format for a general audience.

Compelling evidence that life, intelligence, and evolution on Earth were seeded by comets and cosmic intelligence

An exploration of how acceptance of panspermia will soon change history

This fascinating and thought-provoking book probes some of the deepest aspects of our very existence, while tackling some of the most controversial social issues of modern times: from euthanasia, abortion, AIDS, education, family, and the environment, to the possibility of alien encounters.Presented as a dialogue, the viewpoints of an eminent astronomer and a Buddhist scholar are expounded, side by side. As the dialogue unfolds, interesting comparisons between the two sets of basic tenets can be easily identified, while traditional beliefs about 'unsophisticated' Buddhist philosophy are proven wrong.Wickramasinghe and Ikeda's discussions focus around several key areas: the universe; science and religion; eternity of life; Buddhist pacifism and the creation of a global civilisation. Space and Eternal Life is an illuminating philosophical study.

The book revisits a groundbreaking theory of cometary panspermia and cosmic life, originally proposed in 1982 by Chandra Wickramasinghe and Sir Fred Hoyle. It traces the evolution of this theory, which began as speculation following the discovery of complex organic molecules in interstellar space in 1974. Over the past four decades, numerous tests have supported the idea that life may be cosmic rather than solely terrestrial, suggesting a monumental paradigm shift in our understanding of life in the universe.

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