--- title: "2 Cyril Ponnamperuma Quotes - Famous Chemist (Comparative Planetology)" description: "Dr. Cyril Andrew Ponnamperuma was a Sri Lankan scientist in the fields of chemical evolution and the origin of life. Browse 2 Cyril Ponnamperuma quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-cyril-ponnamperuma-25799.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Cyril Ponnamperuma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-cyril-ponnamperuma-25799.jpg) # Cyril Ponnamperuma (1923–1994) Chemist Sri Lanka **2** quotes in **28** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Cyril Ponnamperuma was a chemist from Sri Lanka, best known for *Comparative Planetology*. ## Quick Facts About Cyril Ponnamperuma Born October 16, 1923 Died December 20, 1994 Nationality Sri Lanka Profession Chemist Notable works Comparative Planetology ## About Cyril Ponnamperuma Dr. Cyril Andrew Ponnamperuma was a Sri Lankan scientist in the fields of chemical evolution and the origin of life. ## Awards & Honors Oparin Medal Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres ## Quotes by Cyril Ponnamperuma > [We can come up with a working definition of life, which is what we did for the Viking mission to Mars. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyril-ponnamperuma/we-can-come-up-with-a-working-definition-of-life-which-is-what-we-did/) Cyril Ponnamperuma [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8c/cyril-ponnamperuma-107997_carbon_we-can-come-up-with-a-working-definition_701248.jpg) > [Scientists are human-they're as biased as any other group. But they do have one great advantage in that science is a self-correcting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyril-ponnamperuma/scientists-are-human-they-re-as-biased-as-any-other-group-but-they-do/) Cyril Ponnamperuma [Advantage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advantage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b5/cyril-ponnamperuma-107997_advantage_scientists-are-human-they-re-as-biased-a_2659702.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyril-ponnamperuma/#itemlist", "name": "Cyril Ponnamperuma Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We can come up with a working definition of life, which is what we did for the Viking mission to Mars. We said we could think in terms of a large molecule made up of carbon compounds that can replicate, or make copies of itself, and metabolize food and energy. 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