Panspermia in perspective

Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe; F. Hoyle; Brig Klyce

doi:10.1117/12.319845

6 July 1998 Panspermia in perspective

Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, F. Hoyle, Brig Klyce

Proceedings Volume 3441, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.319845
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Panspermia, an ancient theory, was revived in its modern form by two of the present authors (H-W) in a series of publications over the period 1977 to the present day. Unpopular at first, it is now slowly gaining popularity and is coming to be discussed, albeit with a measure of apprehension, as a serious scientific possibility. A brief resume will be given of the modern scientific case for panspermia, indicating that astronomical, geological and biological evidence is moving slowly in the direction of a paradigm shift.

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Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, F. Hoyle, and Brig Klyce "Panspermia in perspective", Proc. SPIE 3441, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology, (6 July 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.319845

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