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Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth
by Adam Frank
Description: Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth examines recent scientific research on extraterrestrial civilizations and considers what their existence and potential futures reveal about humanity's own development and the challenges facing Earth
ISBN: 0393609014
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jkmcf · 2019-08-04 · Original thread
I really enjoyed The Light of the Stars by Adam Frank, a professor in the University of Rochester’s Physics and Astronomy department.

Most of the book is a summary of life beginning on Earth, followed by a re-thinking of the Fermi Paradox taking into account our own anthropocene, and finishing with some numerical experimentation.

https://www.amazon.com/Light-Stars-Alien-Worlds-Earth/dp/039...