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Chandra Wickramasinghe

Chandra Wickramasinghe

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Born January 20, 1939 in Colombo, British Ceylon

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Chandra Wickramasinghe is a Sri Lankan-born British mathematician, astronomer and astrobiologist. His research interests include the interstellar medium, infrared astronomy, light scattering theory, applications of solid-state physics to astronomy, the early Solar System, comets, astrochemistry, the origin of life and astrobiology. A student and collaborator of Fred Hoyle, the pair worked jointly for over 40 years as influential proponents of panspermia. In 1974 they proposed the hypothesis that some dust in interstellar space was largely organic, later proven to be correct.

Hoyle and Wickramasinghe have advanced the argument that various outbreaks of illnesses on Earth are of extraterrestrial origins, including the 1918 flu pandemic and certain outbreaks of polio and mad cow disease. For the 1918 flu pandemic they hypothesised that cometary dust brought the virus to Earth simultaneously at multiple locations-a view almost universally dismissed by external experts on this pandemic. Claims connecting terrestrial disease and extraterrestrial pathogens have been rejected by the scientific community.

Wickramasinghe has written more than 30 books about astrophysics and related topics; he has made appearances on radio, television and film, and he writes online blogs and articles. He has appeared on BBC Horizon, UK Channel 5 and the History Channel. He appeared on the 2013 Discovery Channel program "Red Rain". He has an association with Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Buddhist sect Soka Gakkai International, that led to the publication of a dialogue with him, first in Japanese and later in English, on the topic of Space and Eternal Life.

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The UnXplained Poster

The UnXplained TV Series2019Self - Astrobiologist

What on Earth? Poster

What on Earth? TV Series2015Self - Astrobiologist: University of Buckingham

The Unexplained Files Poster

The Unexplained Files TV Series2013Self - Astrobiologist

America's Book of Secrets Poster

America's Book of Secrets TV Series2012Self - Astrobiologist

NASA's Unexplained Files Poster

NASA's Unexplained Files TV Series2012Self - Astrobiologist

Ancient Aliens Poster

Ancient Aliens TV Series2009Self - Director, Buckingham Centre for Astrobiology

The Comet's Tale Poster

The Comet's Tale Documentary2007Self - Cardiff University

Naked Science Poster

Naked Science TV Series2004Self - Cardiff University

Quest for the Lost Civilization Poster

Quest for the Lost Civilization Mini-Series1998Self - Astrophysicist, Cardiff University

Get Fresh Poster

Get Fresh TV Series1986Self - Special Guest

Horizon TV Series1964Self - Cardiff University

The Sky at Night Poster

The Sky at Night TV Series1957Self

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