Space travellers: The bringers of life

by Fred Hoyle

Space The Bringers of Life

197 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1981

About the author

Professor Sir Fred Hoyle was one of the most distinguished, creative, and controversial scientists of the twentieth century. He was a Fellow of St John’s College (1939-1972, Honorary Fellow 1973-2001), was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1957, held the Plumian Chair of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy (1958-1972), established the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy in Cambridge (now part of the Institute of Astronomy), and (in 1972) received a knighthood for his services to astronomy.

Hoyle was a keen mountain climber, an avid player of chess, a science fiction writer, a populariser of science, and the man who coined the phrase 'The Big Bang'.

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this volume well-known astronomer and his co-author Chandra Wickramasinghe make a compelling case for the interplanetary and interstellar transmission of living organisms. The concept is unconventional but not as far out as it may seem and newer discoveries back up their hypothesis rather than dismissing or disproving it.