Rupert Sheldrake

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Rupert Sheldrake is a British biologist and author best known for his controversial theories on morphic resonance and his research into parapsychology and unexplained phenomena.

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instanceOf author
biologist
human
parapsychology researcher
academicDegree PhD in biochemistry
child Cosmo Sheldrake
Merlin Sheldrake
citizenship United Kingdom
countryOfBirth United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1942-06-28
describedAs controversial scientist
critic of scientific materialism
educatedAt Clare College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
Harvard University
employer International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
linked to: ICRISAT

University of Cambridge
familyName Sheldrake
fieldOfWork biology
parapsychology
philosophy of science
gender male
givenName Alfred Rupert
hasNotableDebateWith Lewis Wolpert
Richard Dawkins
hasWebsite https://www.sheldrake.org
knownFor critique of mechanistic science
morphic resonance hypothesis
research on telepathy
research on unexplained phenomena
languageOfWorkOrName English
name Rupert Sheldrake
nationality British
notableWork A New Science of Life
Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home
Science Set Free
The Presence of the Past
The Science Delusion
The Sense of Being Stared At
placeOfBirth Newark-on-Trent
positionHeld research fellow at Clare College, Cambridge
religion Anglicanism
researchInterest animal telepathy
human telepathy
premonitions
sense of being stared at
spouse Jill Purce
theoryDeveloped morphic fields
morphic resonance

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