Interstellar

Resumen del libro

In 2017, Avi Loeb, Chair of Harvard's Astronomy Department, went public with a theory that shook the scientific community our solar system has been visited by advanced alien technology. His provocative and persuasive argument (and internationally bestselling book Extraterrestrial) has opened thousands of minds to the existence of intelligent life beyond Earth. This book tackles the huge question of what happens next?Long the stuff of sciencefiction, here at last is the science fact. From advances in deep space probes to ongoing searches for extraterrestrial technology in our night sky, through the latest heated debates over the existence of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, Interstellar offers a thrilling, frontrow view of the technology and the ideas currently preparing us for contact with alien civilizations. Providing the first realistic and practical blueprint for how that might actually occur, Professor Loeb lays out the profound implications of our becoming or not becoming an interstellar species. In an urgent, eloquent appeal for more proactive engagement with the outer universe, he powerfully contends why we must seek out other life forms, and in the process, choose who and what we are within the universe.Combining cuttingedge science, physics, and philosophy, Loeb takes us on a mindbending journey through the furthest reaches of science, spacetime, and the human imagination. Interstellar is an eyeopening, necessary look at our future that proves, once again, that scientific curiosity offers the key to our survival.

Biografía del autor

Avi Loeb es catedrático de Astronomía de la Universidad de Harvard, fundador y director de la Black Hole Initiative de Harvard y director del Instituto de Teoría y Computación del Centro Harvard-Smithsonian de Astrofísica. Forma parte del consejo asesor del Starshot Project, es director de Ciencia de la Breakthrough Prize Foundation y miembro de la Academia de Física y Astronomía. Es miembro de la American Academics of Arts x{0026}amp; Science, la American Physical Society y la International Academy of Astronautics.<br> Ha publicado cuatro libros académicos y 700 publicaciones científicas sobre el nacimiento de las estrellas, los agujeros negros, el futuro del universo y la búsqueda de vida extraterrestre. En 2012, la revista Time lo seleccionó como una de las personas más influyentes sobre el espacio.