The Search for Cosmic Life

Two years after I began my tenure at University College Cardiff, I succeeded in getting Fred appointed as an Honorary Professor. This meant that he would be a nominal member of my Department and be entitled to use the university as endorsement for his publications. In turn, Cardiff gained much kudos from this link with Fred Hoyle. During the period of 1975–77, Fred spent large chunks of his time in the United States, so that his appearances in Cardiff were rare. Even so, I usually managed to track him down and keep him abreast of our research developments on organic polymers…