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Did I tell you we're painting the veranda blue? I always think of Karate Kid when I paint
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Complex systems are fascinating because emergent phenomena are often unpredictable and appear to arise ex nihilo. other side of this fascination is difficulty in comprehendi n g

Chandra Wickramasinghe 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 the interstellar medium and in comets is partly organic, and that life on Earth was 'seeded' from space rather than arising through abiogenesis.