Vidya Jothi Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, FIMA, FRAS, FRSA is Professor of Applied Mathematics and Astronomy at Cardiff University. He is the Director of the Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology. Born and educated in Sri Lanka, he currently lives in Cardiff, Wales, UK. He was a student and collaborator of Sir Fred Hoyle. Their joint work on the infrared spectra of interstellar grains led to developing the modern theory of panspermia.

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  • Vidya Jothi Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, FIMA, FRAS, FRSA is Professor of Applied Mathematics and Astronomy at Cardiff University. He is the Director of the Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology. Born and educated in Sri Lanka, he currently lives in Cardiff, Wales, UK. He was a student and collaborator of Sir Fred Hoyle. Their joint work on the infrared spectra of interstellar grains led to developing the modern theory of panspermia. This theory proposes that cosmic dust in interstellar space and in comets is partly organic, and that life on Earth was 'seeded' from space rather than arising through abiogenesis. He is currently working on developing methods for detecting life processes in space. "My most significant astronomical contribution was to develop the theory of organic grains in comets and in the interstellar medium. This was done during the 1970s and 80's, and it is now accepted by everyone almost without remembering its origins! I feel I also played a part in the birth of the science of astrobiology. " He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, the Royal Astronomical Society and the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications; and has also won awards for his poetry.
  • Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe ist sri-lankischer Astrophysiker. Wickramasinghe studierte Astrophysik an der Universität Cambridge. Er publizierte erstmals 1974 die Theorie, dass interstellarer Staub und der Staub in den Schweifen von Kometen überwiegend organisch sei, was bisher nicht bestätigt werden konnte. Wickramasinghe trug damit zur Entwicklung der Theorie um die (Pseudo-)Panspermie bei. Zusammen mit Fred Hoyle bekam er die „International Dag Hammarskjold Gold Medal for Science“ 1986. Wickramasinghe hält u. a. das höchste Doktorat (ScD seit 1973) der Cambridge University und ein Ehrendoktorat der Soka University of Tokyo (1986) und der Universität von Ruhuna auf Sri Lanka (2004).
  • Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe est professeur de mathématiques appliquées et d'astronomie à l'université de Cardiff, directeur du Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology. Étudiant puis collaborateur de sir Fred Hoyle, leurs travaux conjoints les amènent à remettre au goût du jour une forme de la théorie de la panspermie, proposant que la poussière cosmique présente dans l'espace interstellaire et dans les comètes est partiellement organique et que la vie évolue à partir de cette source plutôt que depuis la soupe primitive. La contrepartie de cette théorie, le pathospermie expliquerait l'apparition subite pour les mêmes raisons de nouvelles pathologies. Chandra Wickramasinghe travaille au développement de méthodes permettant de détecter la vie dans l'espace. Il est expert dans l'utilisation de l'astronomie infrarouge pour l'étude da la matière interstellaire. Il est Fellow de la Royal Society of Arts, Fellow de la Royal Astronomical Society et titulaire en 1997 du Crafoord Prize.
  • Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe - brytyjski naukowiec, astronom, i biolog, profesor matematyki stosowanej i astronomii na uniwersytecie Cardiff w Walii.
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  • Vidya Jothi Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, FIMA, FRAS, FRSA is Professor of Applied Mathematics and Astronomy at Cardiff University. He is the Director of the Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology. Born and educated in Sri Lanka, he currently lives in Cardiff, Wales, UK. He was a student and collaborator of Sir Fred Hoyle. Their joint work on the infrared spectra of interstellar grains led to developing the modern theory of panspermia.
  • Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe ist sri-lankischer Astrophysiker. Wickramasinghe studierte Astrophysik an der Universität Cambridge. Er publizierte erstmals 1974 die Theorie, dass interstellarer Staub und der Staub in den Schweifen von Kometen überwiegend organisch sei, was bisher nicht bestätigt werden konnte. Wickramasinghe trug damit zur Entwicklung der Theorie um die (Pseudo-)Panspermie bei.
  • Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe est professeur de mathématiques appliquées et d'astronomie à l'université de Cardiff, directeur du Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology.
  • Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe - brytyjski naukowiec, astronom, i biolog, profesor matematyki stosowanej i astronomii na uniwersytecie Cardiff w Walii.
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