“This is the story of the remarkable 40-year friendship and scientific collaboration between the British astrophysicist Fred Hoyle and the Sri Lankan mathematician and astronomer Chandra Wickramasinghe … The work they are most famous for is their painstaking building of the case for a cosmic origin of life. Wickramasinghe and Hoyle's picture of a galaxy teeming with life is a stunning one … The scientific community has come a long way towards Hoyle and Wickramasinghe's position, wholeheartedly embracing the idea of planetary panspermia.”
“… An enlightening account of a 40-year scientific collaboration between two remarkable men.”
“The Hoyle-Wickramasinghe collaboration was notable for the daring leaps over knowledge gaps they were prepared to make. This book is a valuable guide to their corpus, and can serve as a source of ideas and speculations.”
“A Journey with Fred Hoyle is an intriguing, pacey insight into the working of a fertile scientific mind, and especially one focussed on a topic that is not in the mainstream of astronomical and biological endeavour … I enjoyed A Journey with Fred Hoyle greatly.”
“This is a fine blend of personal anecdotes, travel impressions, and scientific reporting — interesting, informative, and worth reading.”
“This book is of great interest; it is written in an accessible and exciting way; and I recommend it for a broad readership.”
New Scientist
“… An enlightening account of a 40-year scientific collaboration between two remarkable men.”
Sir Martin Rees
Astronomer Royal
Astronomer Royal
“The Hoyle-Wickramasinghe collaboration was notable for the daring leaps over knowledge gaps they were prepared to make. This book is a valuable guide to their corpus, and can serve as a source of ideas and speculations.”
International Journal of Astrobiology
“A Journey with Fred Hoyle is an intriguing, pacey insight into the working of a fertile scientific mind, and especially one focussed on a topic that is not in the mainstream of astronomical and biological endeavour … I enjoyed A Journey with Fred Hoyle greatly.”
The Observatory Magazine
“This is a fine blend of personal anecdotes, travel impressions, and scientific reporting — interesting, informative, and worth reading.”
Choice
“This book is of great interest; it is written in an accessible and exciting way; and I recommend it for a broad readership.”
Structural Chemistry
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