by Adam Frank
I've just had my mind blown away in many different
dimensions. Let me take a few questions: Why does the search for alien life
make sense? Have we ever found any? Are UFO real at all? If we find "life",
what will it look like? Is evolution
likely to produce the same results over and over? We have a partial answer to
that, based on E.coli studies--No.
And what about the formula
N = R* x fp x ne x fl x fi x fc x L
also known as the Frank Drake equation? How far are we in making good estimates for the values needed to use it? Answer: closer than we used to be.
So much to think about here, you could read this small book ten times and come up with a hundred different insights. And mind-boggling questions.
Wow. Oh, wow.
By the way, Mr. Frank and his editor and publisher are a fantastic writing team. The book flows like a bottle of rich soy sauce, creamy and savory and delicious. Almost like a novel, but real!
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