PFDW#32 Interview with Avi Loeb (Harvard Astronomy Professor) on his book Extraterrestrial.

This is a very exciting episode for me! Avi Loeb is one of my
dream guests! Without a doubt, Avi Loeb is my favorite
Astronomer. Abraham  (Avi) Loeb is the Frank B. Baird, Jr.,
Professor of Science at Harvard  University. He received a
Ph.D. in Physics from the Hebrew University of  Jerusalem in
Israel at age 24. Loeb has written 8 books, including the book he
is here to promote Extraterrestrial (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
 2021), and about 800 papers on a wide range of topics,
including black  holes, the first stars, the search for
extraterrestrial life, and the future of the Universe. He had
been the longest-serving Chair of  Harvard's Department of
Astronomy (2011-2020), Founding Director of  Harvard's Black
Hole Initiative (2016-present), and Director of the
 Institute for Theory and Computation (2007-present) within
the  Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. 


In this episode, we talk about his new radical position that we
already have the proof of Extraterrestrial intelligence.
 His book is a shot across the bow in the scientific
community that would rather not even consider the idea we now
have proof that we are not alone in the universe.  We also
talk light sails, black holes, yours truly being the first to
review his work with an F-bomb and we end on the calculation he
did the morning of the interview for detecting life in other
galaxies on the back of a scrap envelope. This was recorded in
November when I  read Extraterrestrial. It is coming out
this month so pick it up and read it. 


Note: I managed to only reference Star Trek Twice.   


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