Convergence to Cosmicrobia: The Final Acceptance of Life as a Cosmic Phenomenon - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9819800889 ISBN 13 : 9789819800889

Editeur : World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 2024

Synopsis

Forty years ago, Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe challenged the long-held belief that life originated spontaneously from a primordial soup on Earth -- a concept rooted in Aristotelian philosophy and dominant in Western science for over two millennia. They proposed that life might have originated elsewhere in the universe and spread to Earth through a process called panspermia.Hoyle and Wickramasinghe's research, supported by advancements in space technology and astronomy, argued that the origins of life required a cosmological scale beyond the solar system or galaxy. Their work contributed to the emergence of astrobiology, merging astronomy and biology, and indicated a shift from Earth-centered theories of life.Their challenge parallels the Copernican revolution, which displaced Earth from the center of the universe. Similarly, Hoyle and Wickramasinghe's ideas suggest a new paradigm shift in science, moving towards a view of life as a cosmic phenomenon. Recent discoveries, particularly with the James Webb Space Telescope, further support this shift, indicating that a major transformation in our understanding of life's origins may be approaching.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9819800889
• ISBN 13: 9789819800889
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 184
• Éditeur: Wickramasinghe Nalin Chandra, Schild Rudolph, Forrington J H (Cass)
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