Along with undeniable notoriety, South  African- born astrophysicist Hilton Ratcliffe has also  garnered a great deal of respect  amongst the  global scientific community for  his strictly  classical approach to space science:  Everything  he does is based upon  observation  rather than esoteric theory, a  complete reversal  of the standard approach  to cosmology. His  first  book, The Virtue of  Heresy – Confessions  of  a Dissident  Astronomer, is a world-wide hit,  now  going into its  third edition. A  measure of  the esteem in which he is held is  the  invitation he received from living legend,  iconic British astronomer  Sir  Patrick Moore, to  collaborate on a second book. The Static Universe is now complete and in the hands of a prominent publisher of science literature.

Hilton Ratcliffe is a Durban-based physicist, mathematician,  and astronomer. He is a member of both the Astronomical Society of  Southern Africa (ASSA) and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.  He is prominently opposed to the stranglehold that Big Bang theory  has on astronomical   research and funding, and to this end became  a founding member of the Alternative Cosmology Group (an  association of some 700 leading scientists from all corners of the  globe), which conducted its inaugural international conference in  Portugal in 2005.

He was a member of the Conference Organising Committee for the Second Crisis in  Cosmology Conference (CCC2) held in Port Angeles, Washington, in 2008, where he was also an invited speaker. Hilton has been frequently interviewed in the press, on television and on radio, and has also authored a number of papers for scientific journals.

Hilton writes a monthly astrophysical column for Ndaba, newsletter of the Durban Centre of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa, and edits the online newsletter of the Alternative Cosmology Group (ACG).

He is best known in formal science as co-discoverer, together with eminent nuclear chemist Oliver Manuel and solar physicist Michael Mozina, of the CNO nuclear fusion cycle on the surface of the Sun, some 65 years after it was first predicted. In his capacity as a Fellow of the (British) Institute of Physics, he involves himself in addressing the decline in student interest in physical sciences at both high school and university level, and particularly likes to encourage the reading of books.

Hilton Ratcliffe

Tel: +2731 763-3696
Email: hilton@hiltonratcliffe.com

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