Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth

Review\n"A tantalizing, probing inquiry."-- "Kirkus Reviews"\n"Fascinating and persuasive."-- "New York Times Book Review"\n"In this passionately argued, visionary book, astrophysicist Avi Loeb urges us to abandon the arrogant fantasy that we are the only sentient life form in the universe...The clues, as Loeb carefully reviews them, are fascinating."-- "Stephen Greenblatt, Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author"\n"Part graceful memoir and part plea for keeping an open mind about the possibilities of what is out there in the universe...[from] one of the more imaginative and articulate scientists around."-- "New York Times"\n"Provocative and thrilling...Loeb asks us to think big and to expect the unexpected."-- "Alan Lightman, New York Times bestselling author"\n"Will provoke you to think about the possibility of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe in new and stimulating ways."-- "Sean Carroll, New York Times bestselling author "\n[A] thought-provoking work of popular science."-- "Publishers Weekly"\n[ MP3 CD Format ]
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"Provocative and thrilling ... Loeb asks us to think big and to expect the unexpected." --Alan Lightman, New York Times bestselling author of Einstein's Dreams and Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine
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. Avi Loeb, Harvard's top astronomer, 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.
In Extraterrestrial, Loeb takes readers inside the thrilling story of the first interstellar visitor to be spotted in our solar system. He outlines his controversial theory and its profound implications: for science, for religion, and for the future of our species and our planet. A mind-bending journey through the furthest reaches of science, space-time, and the human imagination, Extraterrestrial challenges readers to aim for the stars -- and to think critically about what's out there, no matter how strange it seems.