Rupert Sheldrake
Alfred Rupert Sheldrake (born 28 June 1942)[3] is an English author.[4] From 1967 to 1973 he was a biochemist and cell biologist at Cambridge University.,[4] Then he went to work in India from 1974 to 1978. His first book, A New Science of Life, was published in 1981. It is about his a theory called "morphic resonance". He gave a TEDx talk in 2013 on his book The Science Delusion that was banned. In 2009 Adam Rutherford, the deputy editor of a scientific journal called Nature, wrote in the Guardian about him and his book A New Science of Life. He said "don't read this book, it will make you stupider".[5] He is an Anglican. He is married to Jill Purce.[6]
Rupert Sheldrake | |
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| Born | 28 June 1942
(aged 83) |
| Nationality | British |
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| Occupation | Biochemist, parapsychologist, writer |
| Employer | The Perrott-Warrick Fund (2005–2010) |
| Website | www.sheldrake.org |
References
- ↑ Why I Am Still an Anglican: Essays and Conversations (June 2006)Continuum. ISBN 9780826481436.
- ↑ Maddox, J.. Dogs, telepathy and quantum mechanics. Nature 401(6756) (6756) (1999). p. 849–850. doi:10.1038/44696. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ↑ McGrath, K. A.. World of biology (1999)Gale.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Adams, Tim (4 February 2012). Rupert Sheldrake: the 'heretic' at odds with scientific dogma. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/feb/05/rupert-sheldrake-interview-science-delusion. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ↑ Rutherford, Adam. Adam Rutherford: Sheldrake persists in his claims, despite their having been disproven. This makes for bad science (6 February 2009).
- ↑ Sheldrake, Rupert. Biography of Rupert Sheldrake, PhDsheldrake.org. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
Other websites
- BBC3 radio interview with Rupert Sheldrake Belief with Joan Bakewell, BBC Radio 3, 2 January 2012. (30 minutes)
Media related to Rupert Sheldrake at Wikimedia Commons- Official website