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Originally published in 1957, this book offers a challenging
intellectual experience to the reader who wishes to understand the
broad historical trends that determine the future of humanity on
this planet. The book examines natural laws that govern humanity by
looking at communities over long periods of time and noting
patterns which become evident. The book includes discussions of
communism, the crisis in food and population growth, the
significance of industrialism and man and his religious beliefs –
all issues that remain as relevant today as when the book was first
published.
This text expounds in a logical and scientific manner the idea that
life did not originate on earth, but was added to it from the
comets. When Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe first made this
proposal in the 1970s, they had few takers - because the theory
flew in the face of established beliefs. This text argues that in
recent years, evidence to support this theory has accumulated from
many different directions and grown to the point of being
compelling. This work should be of value to readers interested in
general science, the origin of man and the meaning of life.
Originally published in 1957, this book offers a challenging
intellectual experience to the reader who wishes to understand the
broad historical trends that determine the future of humanity on
this planet. The book examines natural laws that govern humanity by
looking at communities over long periods of time and noting
patterns which become evident. The book includes discussions of
communism, the crisis in food and population growth, the
significance of industrialism and man and his religious beliefs -
all issues that remain as relevant today as when the book was first
published.
In addition to being the man who coined the term 'the Big Bang', world-renowned astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle also produced a fine body of science fiction. The Andromeda Anthology contains the acclaimed duology A for Andromeda and The Andromeda Breakthrough, co-written with John Elliot.
The close-knit group of scientists who work at the new radio telescope are shocked to receive a mysterious signal from the heart of the Andromeda galaxy. Working with mathematician Christine Jones, Dr John Fleming interprets the signal as the instructions to build a super-computer. When the computer begins to relay the information it receives from Andromeda, scientists find themselves possessing knowledge previously unknown to mankind, knowledge that could threaten the security of human life itself.
A 1959 classic 'hard' science-fiction novel by renowned Cambridge
astronomer and cosmologist Fred Hoyle. Tracks the progress of a
giant black cloud that comes towards Earth and sits in front of the
sun, causing widespread panic and death. A select group of
scientists and astronomers - including the dignified Astronomer
Royal, the pipe smoking Dr Marlowe and the maverick, eccentric
Professor Kingsly - engage in a mad race to understand and
communicate with the cloud, battling against trigger happy
politicians. In the pacy, engaging style of John Wyndham and John
Christopher, with plenty of hard science thrown in to add to the
chillingly credible premise (he manages to foretell Artificial
Intelligence, Optical Character Recognition and Text-to-Speech
converters), Hoyle carries you breathlessly through to its
thrilling end.
In addition to being the man who coined the term 'the Big Bang',
world-renowned astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle also produced a fine body
of science fiction. This omnibus contains three of his SF novels:
Ossian's Ride, October the First Is Too Late & Fifth Planet,
co-written with his son, Geoffrey Hoyle. Ossian's Ride: The year is
1970. Sealed behind an impenetrable barrier in the south of
Ireland, the Industrial Corporation of Eire startles the rest of
the world with its efficiency, its brilliance . . . October the
First Is Too Late: Unusual solar activity has played havoc with
terrestrial time: England is in the '60's, but in France, it is
1917 and WWI is still raging in western Europe . . . Fifth Planet:
Another star is due to pass close to the sun, close enough for
conventional spacecraft to reach it. Signs of chlorophyll are
detected on one of the worlds, suggesting that it supports life.
Rival Soviet and US expeditions are launched to visit it. But what
will they find on the 'Fifth Planet'?
This book describes the subject of electrodynamics at classical as
well as quantum level, developed as an interaction at a distance.
Thus it has electric charges interacting with one another directly
and not through the medium of a field. In general such an
interaction travels forward and backward in time symmetrically,
thus apparently violating the principle of causality. It turns out,
however, that in such a description the cosmological boundary
conditions become very important. The theory therefore works only
in a cosmology with the right boundary conditions; but when it does
work it is free from the divergences that plague a quantum field
theory.
This book describes the subject of electrodynamics at classical as
well as quantum level, developed as an interaction at a distance.
Thus it has electric charges interacting with one another directly
and not through the medium of a field. In general such an
interaction travels forward and backward in time symmetrically,
thus apparently violating the principle of causality. It turns out,
however, that in such a description the cosmological boundary
conditions become very important. The theory therefore works only
in a cosmology with the right boundary conditions; but when it does
work it is free from the divergences that plague a quantum field
theory.
The first edition of the monumental book Diseases from Space by Sir
Fred Hoyle and N Chandra Wickramasinghe appeared some 40 years ago,
encapsulating the key principles of Panspermia, and it has been the
guiding principle in the new scientific field of Astrobiology.This
latest edition, revised and expanded by Chandra Wickamasinghe,
continues to describe the consequences of the theory of cometary
panspermia that relate to the origins of epidemic disease.
Available data on historic and modern plagues are analysed to show
that extraterrestrial bacteria and viruses are the cause of ongoing
pandemics of diseases.Adherence to an inappropriate and obsolete
theory of pandemics could put in jeopardy the economic well-being
of the entire world, perhaps even threatening the continued
existence of our civilization.
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