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Journal of Cosmology
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Table of Contents - Volume 11
The Biological Big Bang:
Panspermia and Origins of Life

Edited by
Chandra Wickramasinghe, Ph.D.,
Executive Editor, Astrobiology,
Journal of Cosmology
Director, Centre for Astrobiology, Cardiff University, United Kingdom



I. ORIGINS OF LIFE

1. First life in the Oceans of Primordial-Planets: The Biological Big Bang. Carl H. Gibson, Ph.D.1, N. Chandra Wickramasinghe, Ph.D.2, Rudolf Schild, Ph.D.3, Carl H. Gibson, Ph.D.1, and N. Chandra Wickramasinghe, Ph.D.2, 
1University of California, USA 2Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology, Cardiff University, UK, 3Center for Astrophysics, Harvard-Smithsonian Cambridge, MA Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 11. 3489-3499

2. Spectroscopic Evidence of Cosmic Life N. Chandra Wickramasinghe, Ph.D., Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology Cardiff CF10 3DY, Wales, UK. Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 11. 3476-3488.

3. The Imperatives of Cosmic Biology Carl H. Gibson, Ph.D.1, and N. Chandra Wickramasinghe, Ph.D.2, 
1University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0411, USA 
2Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology, Cardiff University, 2 North Road, Cardiff CF10 3DY, UK. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 1101-1120.

4. The Emergence of Life in the Universe at the Epoch of Dark Energy Domination Nicola Poccia, Ph.D., Alessandro Ricci, Ph.D., Antonio Bianconi Ph.D., Department of Physics, Sapienza University of Rome, P. le A. Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 875-882.

II. GENETICS

5. Genetic Gradualism and the ExtraTerrestrial Origin of Life Alexei A. Sharov, Ph.D., Genetics Laboratory, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, USA. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 833-842.

6. Extraterrestrial Origin of Life and Genetic Gradualism M.A. Line, Ph.D., University of Tasmania, Hobart Australia. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 851-853.

7. How Universal is the Universal Genetic Code? A Question of ExtraTerrestrial Origins. Marco V. José, Ph.D.1,2, Eberto R. Morgado, Ph.D.3, Tzipe Govezensky, Ph.D.1, Isui Aguilar, Ph.D.1 1Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, CP 04510 México DF, México. 2Centro Internacional de Ciencias A. C, Campus UNAM-UAEM, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México. 3Facultad de Matemática, Física y Computación, Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas, Santa Clara, Cuba. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 854-874.

III. PANSPERMIA

8. Mechanisms for Panspermia W. M. Napier, Ph.D., and N. C. Wickramasinghe, Ph.D., Centre for Astrobiology, 2 North Road, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3DY, UK. Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 7, 1671-1691.

9. Microbial Survival Mechanisms and the Interplanetary Transfer of Life Through Space. Robert J. C. McLean, Ph.D.1, and Malcolm A. C. McLean2; 1Department of Biology, Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, TX, USA. 2University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder Colorado, USA Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 7, 1802-1820

10. The Forgotten History of Panspermia and Theories of Life From Space. Milton Wainwright, Ph.D., and Fawaz Alshammari, BSc., Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, S102TN, UK Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 7, 1771-1776.

11. Why Do Some People Reject Panspermia? Mark J. Burchell, Ph.D., Centre for Astrophysics and Planetary Sciences, School of Physical Sciences, Ingram Building, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NH, United Kingdom. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 828-832.

12. Musings on the Origin of Life and Panspermia Milton Wainwright Ph.D., 
Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 1091-1100.

13. The Spreading of Life Throughout the Universe Nobel Laureate, Svante Arrhenius, IV, Ph.D.1 Director of the Physico-Chemical Nobel Institute, Stockholm 1Reprinted from: "Worlds in the Making," 1908. Journal of Cosmology, 2009, 1, 91-99.

1V. VIRUSES AND LIFE

14. Viruses and Life: Can There Be One Without the Other? Matti Jalasvuori, Ph.D., and Jaana K.H. Bamford, Ph.D., Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, 40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 10, 3446-3454.

V. VIRUSES, MICROBES & DISEASES FROM SPACE

15. Are Microbes Currently Arriving to Earth from Space? Milton Wainwright, Ph.D., Fawaz Alshammari, BSc., Khalid Alabri, MSc., Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, S102TN, UK Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 7, 1692-1702.

16. Identification of Micro-biofossils in Space Dust. Noriume Miyake, Ph.D., Max K. Wallis, Ph.D., and Shirwan Al-Mufti, Ph.D., Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology Cardiff CF10 3DY, Wales, UK. Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 7, 1743-1749.

17. Tunguska: Comets, Disease, and the Vernadskiy Mission to NEA 2005NB56 Pushkar Ganesh Vaidya, Indian Astrobiology Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 7, 1719-1725.

VII. DIRECTED PANSPERMIA

18. Purposeful Panspermia: The Other Conquest of Space? Ethical Considerations Jacques Arnould, Ph.D., CNES - French Space Agency, 2 place Maurice Quentin, F-75039 Paris Cedex 01, France. Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 7, 1726-1730.

19. Seeding the Universe with Life: Securing Our Cosmological Future Michael N. Mautner, Ph.D., Research Professor of Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284-2006, USA. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 982-994.

VII. SEARCH FOR LIFE

20. Searching for life on Habitable Planets and Moons Ashwini Kumar Lal, Ph.D., Deputy Adviser, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, New Delhi, India. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 801-810.

21. Numerical Astrophysics, Numerical Astrobiology and the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Life. Duncan Forgan, Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, England. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 811-817.

22. The Search for Life on Other Planets: Sulfur-Based, Silicon-Based, Ammonia-Based Life Pabulo Henrique Rampelotto, Exobiology and Biosphere Laboratory - Southern Regional Space Research Center / National Institute for Space Research, Santa Maria, RS – Brazil. Department of Biology, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS - Brazil. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 818-827.

23. Water Worlds, Naive Physics, Intelligent Life, and Alien Minds Ben Goertzel, Ph.D.1 and Allan Combs, Ph.D.2, 1Novamente LLC; 2California Institute of Integral Studies. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 897-904.

24. Water Worlds and Oceans May be Common in the Universe Robert Tyler, Ph.D., Applied Physics Laboratory, and Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Washington. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 959-970.

27. Extant Life on Mars: Resolving the Issues Gilbert V. Levin, Ph.D., Honorary Professor, Cardiff University, UK. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 920-929.

28. Why Does Life Start, What Does It Do, Where Will It Be, And How Might We Find It? Michael J. Russell, Ph.D., and Isik Kanik, Ph.D., Planetary Science, Section 3220, MS: 183-601, JPL, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA, and Department of Physics, California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 1008-1039.




Biological Big Bang
Panspermia, Life
ISBN: 9780982955222
ISBN-10: 0982955227

Abiogenesis
The Origins of LIfe
ISBN: 9780982955215
ISBN-10: 0982955219

The Human Mission to Mars.
Colonizing the Red Planet
ISBN: 9780982955239
ISBN-10: 0982955235

Cosmology, Astrobiology
Quantum Physics, Life
ISBN: 9780974975597
ISBN-10: 0974975591





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