The thrilling, powerful and beautifully written book makes a convincing case that the interstellar Oumuamua was an alien craft or artifact, and outlines Dr. Loeb's ideas about how we can look for more such travelers in the future.
ABRAHAM (AVI) LOEB is the Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science at Harvard University, chair of Harvard’s Department of Astronomy, founding director of Harvard’s Black Hole Initiative, and director of the Institute for Theory and Computation (ITC) within the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He also chairs the Advisory Committee for the Breakthrough Starshot Initiative, and serves as the science theory director for all Initiatives of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation, as well as chair of the Board on Physics and Astronomy of the National Academies. Author of four books and over 700 scientific papers, Loeb is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the American Physical Society, and the International Academy of Astronautics. In 2012, Time selected Loeb as one of the twenty-five most influential people in space.
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Wonderful, fascinating podcast I did not want it to finish. Thank you to Dr. Loeb and Whitely for giving this to us. I have learned so much in the last hour or so. I will be purchasing Dr. Loeb’s book and hopefully will be able to also purchase a copy of the Text Book coming out. Thank you again.