Extraterrestrial : the first sign of intelligent life beyond Earth / Avi Loeb.
By: Loeb, Abraham [author.].
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ©2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 222 p: illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780358278146; 0358278147.Subject(s): Extraterrestrial beings | Life on other planets | SCIENCE / Astronomy | Extraterrestrial beings | Life on other planets | ʻOumuamua (Interstellar object)Genre/Form: Astronomy -- Space Science -- Science. | Astrophysics -- Physics -- Science. | Aeronautics & Astronautics -- Technology & Engineering. | Epistemology -- Philosophy. | Evolution -- Life Sciences -- Science. | Print books. -- local| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-213) and index.
Scout -- The farm -- Anomalies -- StarChips -- The lightsail hypothesis -- Seashells and buoys -- Learning from children -- Vastness -- Filters -- Astro-archaeology -- ʻOumuamua's wager -- Seeds -- Singularities -- Conclusion.
"Harvard's top astronomer lays out his controversial theory that our solar system was recently visited by advanced alien technology from a distant star"--
In late 2017 scientists at a Hawaiian observatory glimpsed an object soaring through our inner solar system, moving so quickly that it could only have come from another star. Loeb showed it was not an asteroid; it was moving too fast along a strange orbit, and left no trail of gas or debris in its wake. There was only one conceivable explanation: the object was a piece of advanced technology created by a distant alien civilization. Here he outlines his controversial theory and its profound implications: for science, for religion, and for the future of our species and our planet. -- adapted from jacket