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Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth

Adam Frank

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#1507 of 3,809 books · #152 in Science & Technology

Won the Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science (2019).

Light of the Stars won the 2019 Phi Beta Kappa Award for Science. Light of the Stars tells the story of humanity's coming of age as we realize we might not be alone in this universe. Astrophysicist Adam Frank traces the question of alien life from the ancient Greeks to modern thinkers, and he demonstrates that recognizing the possibility of its existence might be the key to save us from climate change. With clarity and conviction, Light of the Stars asks the consequential question: What can the likely presence of life on other planets tell us about our own fate?

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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co.
ISBN-13
9780393357066
Topics
Extraterrestrial lifeClimate changeAstrophysics

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