Astrophysicist Avi Loeb, who lectures in astronomy at Harvard and is sometimes criticised for his glib style, talks about the search for extraterrestrial life, and dealing with his critics.
Avi Loeb leaned in, grabbed my hand and said, “Be as critical as you like.” What, after all, was one more critic? He resembled a caricature of a scientist, his body wiry and short, in a plaid tailored suit, holding an expression that suggested both the severely etched Oppenheimer and the anxious, chain-smoking lawyer Martin Short played years ago on “Saturday Night Live.” Certainly, that’s the .
The search for alien life became Loeb's life’s mission, in a way, exactly one decade ago, when, on Jan. 8, 2014, a fireball crashed in the Pacific Ocean, off Papua New Guinea.
The search for alien life became Loeb's life’s mission, in a way, exactly one decade ago, when, on Jan. 8, 2014, a fireball crashed in the Pacific Ocean, off Papua New Guinea.