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Where Did We Come From?: Life of an Astrobiologist - Couverture souple

Wickramasinghe, Chandra

 
9789814641401: Where Did We Come From?: Life of an Astrobiologist
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 9814641405 ISBN 13 : 9789814641401
Editeur : World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

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 Cambridge, his lifelong collaborations with the legendary astronomer of the 20th century, Sir Fred Hoyle, the birth of the subject of astrobiology which they arguably 'invented' in 1980, and his continuing ground-breaking research carried out while he was a Professor at Cardiff and later at Buckingham. The book traces the various influences that guided the author through his career, including that of his father who was a Cambridge Wrangler, and the profound influence of Buddhism in his early life.The author has published over 25 books and close to 300 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals, over 60 of which were in the journal Nature.

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Éditeur
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9814641405
ISBN 13 
9789814641401
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
238
Éditeur
Wickramasinghe Kamala
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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