P. A. L. Chapman-Rietschi

Peter Albert Leslie Chapman-Rietschi (1945-2017) was an independent scholar and research writer in the field of history of astronomy, ancient astral sciences, archaeoastronomy, and astrobiology, including bioastronomy and SETI.

He was a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society[https://doi.org/10.1093/astrogeo/atx220 Astronomy & Geophysics, Volume 58, Issue 6, December 2017] (page 6.11) and in former years also Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and Member of the Egypt Exploration Society.

Publications

  • Pre-telescopic Astronomy: Invisible 'Planets' Rahu and Ketu. [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1991QJRAS..32...53C Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 32, 53–55, 1991]
  • The Plurality of Worlds. [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1991Obs...111..312C The Observatory, 111, 312, 1991]
  • The Fronties of Life. [http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1992Obs...112..145C The Observatory, 112, 145, 1992]
  • Nonclassical SETI. [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1994Obs...114..174C The Observatory, 114, 175, 1994]
  • The Beijing Ancient Observatory and Intercultural Contacts. [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1994JRASC..88...24C The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 88, 24–38, 1994]
  • The Colour of Sirius in Ancient Times. [http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1995QJRAS..36..337C Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 36, 337–350, 1995]
  • Astronomers and Missionaries in Old Beijing. [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1995QJRAS..36..273C Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 36, 273-274, 1995]
  • The Privatized World of SETI. [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1995Obs...115..135C The Observatory, 115, 135, 1995]
  • The Star seen in the East. [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1995Obs...115..329C The Observatory, 115, 329-330, 1995]
  • Venus as the Star of Bethlehem. [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1996QJRAS..37..843C Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 37, 843-844, 1996]
  • Astronomical Conceptions in Mithraic Iconography. [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1997JRASC..91..133C The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 91, 133-134, 1997]
  • SETI, Forty Years on. [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2000Obs...120..403C The Observatory, 120, 403-404, 2000]
  • The beginnings of SETI. [https://doi.org/10.1093/astrog/44.1.1.7-a Astronomy & Geophysics, 44, 1.7, 2003]
  • Astrobiology. [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2007Obs...127..191C The Observatory, 127, 191, 2007]
  • The First SETI Scans. [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2010Obs...130..172C The Observatory, 130, 172-173, 2010]
  • Factor L of the Drake Equation. [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2011Obs...131..391C The Observatory, 131, 391-392, 2011]
  • The Colour Black and the Planet Saturn. [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2013Obs...133...41C The Observatory, 133, 41–42, 2013]

Book reviews

  • Extraterrestrials. Where Are They?, B. Zuckerman and M.H. Hart. Cambridge University Press. [http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-journal_query?volume=116&page=182&journal=Obs.. The Observatory, 116, 182–183, 1996]
  • The Sirius Mystery, R. Temple. Century London. [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1998Obs...118..245T The Observatory, 118, 245-246, 1998]
  • Astrobiology: Future Perspectives, P. Ehrenfreund et al. Kluwer-Springer Dordrecht [http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2005Obs...125..278C The Observatory, 125, 278–279, 2005]
  • Contact with Alien Civilisations, M.A.G. Michaud. Springer Heidelberg. [http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-journal_query?volume=127&page=341&journal=Obs.. The Observatory, 127, 341–342, 2007]
  • The Living Cosmos, C. Impey. Cambridge University Press. [http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-journal_query?volume=132&page=45&journal=Obs.. The Observatory, 132, 45–46, 2012]
  • We are the Martians: Connecting Cosmology with Biology, G.F. Bignami. Springer Heidelberg. [http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-journal_query?volume=133&page=108&journal=Obs.. The Observatory, 133, 108–109, 2013]
  • Signatures of Life: Science Searches the Universe, E. Ashpole. Prometheus Arnherst. [http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-journal_query?volume=133&page=370&journal=Obs.. The Observatory, 133, 370, 2013]
  • Elephants in Space: The Past, Present and Future of Life and the Universe, B. Moore. Springer Heidelberg. [http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-journal_query?volume=135&page=108&journal=Obs.. The Observatory, 135, 108–109, 2015]
  • Astrobiological Neurosystems, J.L. Cranford. Springer Heidelberg. [http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-journal_query?volume=136&page=93&journal=Obs.. The Observatory, 136, 93–95, 2016]
  • The Hunt for Alien Life: A Wider Perspective, P. Linde. Springer Heidelberg. [http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-journal_query?volume=137&page=86&journal=Obs.. The Observatory, 137, 86–87, 2017]

Conference Papers

  • Frontiers of Life. 3rd 'Rencontres de Blois', October 1991 (summary of bioastronomy talks). [http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-journal_query?volume=112&page=145&journal=Obs.. The Observatory, 112, 145–147, 1992]
  • Philosophy, Star Transformations and Okeanos. 3rd Conference of the 'International Association Cosmos and Philosophy' (IACP) 1991, Mytilene. In: Diotima, Institut de Philosophie de l'Université d'Athènes, J. Vrin, Paris, 21, 83–86, 1993.
  • Sappho and the Astral Sciences, co-work with Anne Chapman-Rietschi. In: 14th Conference of the 'Société Européenne pour l'Astronomie dans la Culture' (SEAC) 2006, Rhodes and 17th IACP 2007, Athens. In: Ordre et Liberté: L'Univers Cosmique et Human, I.P.R. Athènes, 123–128, 2011, and In: [http://repository.academyofathens.gr/document/1300.pdf Philosophia, Academy of Athens, 42, 75–79, 2012]
  • Catherine of Alexandria and the Art of Sacred Astronomy, co-work with Anne Chapman-Rietschi. In: 19th IACP 2010, Athens. In: Ordre et Liberté: L'Univers Cosmique et Human, I.P.R. Athènes, 159–167, 2011, and In: Diotima, Institut de Philosophie de l'Université d'Athènes, J. Vrin, Paris, 41, 153–161, 2013.
  • Other Worlds, Other Life. 11th IACP 2000, Prague. In: Cosmological Viewpoints, St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, Sofia, 138–140, 2015.
  • ETI and Humankind. 12th IACP 2001, Aegina. In : Cosmological Viewpoints, St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, Sofia, 189–192, 2015.

Key to conferences

  • IACP = International Association Cosmos and Philosophy
  • INSAP = The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena
  • SEAC = Société pour l'Astronomie dans la Culture

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