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| Title |
Non-terrestrial origin of life: a transformative research paradigm shift
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Theory in Biosciences, December 2012
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| DOI | 10.1007/s12064-012-0172-1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
N. Chandra Wickramasinghe, J. T. Trevors |
| Abstract |
Theories and hypotheses in science are continually subject to verification, critical re-evaluation, revision and indeed evolution, in response to new observations and discoveries. Theories of the origin of life have been more constrained than other scientific theories and hypotheses in this regard, through the force of social and cultural pressures. There has been a tendency to adhere too rigidly to a class of theory that demands a purely terrestrial origin of life. For nearly five decades evidence in favour of a non-terrestrial origin of life and panspermia has accumulated which has not been properly assessed. A point has now been reached that demands the serious attention of biologists to a possibly transformative paradigm shift of the question of the origin of life, with profound implications across many disciplines. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 29 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1 | 3% |
| Russia | 1 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| Brazil | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 25 | 86% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 11 | 38% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 14% |
| Professor | 3 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 10% |
| Lecturer | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 5 | 17% |
| Unknown | 2 | 7% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 38% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 17% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 4 | 14% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 7% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 10% |
| Unknown | 3 | 10% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 February 2015.
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