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"""Interstellar is a deliciously provocative and deeply optimistic book. Avi Loeb invites us to reimagine our place in the universe, confront urgent questions about our future, and remember that scientific curiosity is key to our survival."" -- Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Drive and The Power of Regret ""In late 2017, scientists at a Hawaiian observatory glimpsed an object soaring through our inner solar system. Part graceful memoir and part plea for keeping an open mind about the possibilities of what is out there in the universe--in particular, life. Loeb is one of the more imaginative and articulate scientists around. . . . Half memoir, half soaring monologue."" -- New York Times on Extraterrestrial ""So interesting... I recommend [Extraterrestrial] to people who have any interest in this extraordinary subject of life existing in other places than on Earth."" -- William Shatner on Extraterrestrial ""Well-written and compelling."" -- Forbes on Extraterrestrial ""Loeb makes a persuasive scientific argument about 'Oumuamua's otherworldly origins."" -- New York magazine on Extraterrestrial ""A tantalizing, probing inquiry into the possibilities of alien life."" -- Kirkus Reviews on Extraterrestrial ""Is humanity prepared to meet its neighbors? In this brilliant, provocative, and beautifully-written book, leading astronomer and extraterrestrial evangelist, Avi Loeb, says we better get ready--and soon. So buckle up and start reading!"" -- Daniel Gilbert; Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology, Harvard University; author of the New York Times best-seller Stumbling on Happiness"

In late 2017, scientists at a Hawaiian observatory glimpsed an object soaring through our inner solar system. Part graceful memoir and part plea for keeping an open mind about the possibilities of what is out there in the universe--in particular, life. Loeb is one of the more imaginative and articulate scientists around. . . . Half memoir, half soaring monologue. -- New York Times on Extraterrestrial So interesting... I recommend [Extraterrestrial] to people who have any interest in this extraordinary subject of life existing in other places than on Earth. -- William Shatner on Extraterrestrial Well-written and compelling. -- Forbes on Extraterrestrial Loeb makes a persuasive scientific argument about 'Oumuamua's otherworldly origins. -- New York magazine on Extraterrestrial A tantalizing, probing inquiry into the possibilities of alien life. -- Kirkus Reviews on Extraterrestrial

""The world's leading alien hunter: Avi Loeb's single-minded search for extraterrestrial life has made him the most famous practicing astronomer in the country."" -- New York Times Magazine ""Interstellar is a deliciously provocative and deeply optimistic book. Avi Loeb invites us to reimagine our place in the universe, confront urgent questions about our future, and remember that scientific curiosity is key to our survival."" -- Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Drive and The Power of Regret ""[A] hopeful and thought-provoking vision for humanity's interstellar future"" -- Max Tegmark, professor at MIT, bestselling author of Life 3.0 and Our Mathematical Future ""Is humanity prepared to meet its neighbors? In this brilliant, provocative, and beautifully-written book, leading astronomer and extraterrestrial evangelist, Avi Loeb, says we better get ready--and soon. So buckle up and start reading!"" -- Daniel Gilbert; Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology, Harvard University; author of the New York Times best-seller Stumbling on Happiness ""A must-read for anyone that has ever been haunted by the question, 'Are we alone?'"" -- Nia Imara, professor of astronomy at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and artist ""So interesting... I recommend [Extraterrestrial] to people who have any interest in this extraordinary subject of life existing in other places than on Earth."" -- William Shatner on Extraterrestrial

"""The world's leading alien hunter: Avi Loeb's single-minded search for extraterrestrial life has made him the most famous practicing astronomer in the country."" -- New York Times Magazine ""Interstellar is a deliciously provocative and deeply optimistic book. Avi Loeb invites us to reimagine our place in the universe, confront urgent questions about our future, and remember that scientific curiosity is key to our survival."" -- Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Drive and The Power of Regret ""[A] hopeful and thought-provoking vision for humanity's interstellar future"" -- Max Tegmark, professor at MIT, bestselling author of Life 3.0 and Our Mathematical Future ""Is humanity prepared to meet its neighbors? In this brilliant, provocative, and beautifully-written book, leading astronomer and extraterrestrial evangelist, Avi Loeb, says we better get ready--and soon. So buckle up and start reading!"" -- Daniel Gilbert; Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology, Harvard University; author of the New York Times best-seller Stumbling on Happiness ""A must-read for anyone that has ever been haunted by the question, 'Are we alone?'"" -- Nia Imara, professor of astronomy at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and artist ""So interesting... I recommend [Extraterrestrial] to people who have any interest in this extraordinary subject of life existing in other places than on Earth."" -- William Shatner on Extraterrestrial"

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Abraham (Avi) Loeb is the Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science at Harvard University, the longest-serving chair of Harvard's Department of Astronomy, the founding director of Harvard's Black Hole Initiative, and the current director of the Institute for Theory and Computation (ITC) within the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He also heads the Galileo Project, chairs the Advisory Committee for the Breakthrough Starshot Initiative, and is former chair of the Board on Physics and Astronomy of the National Academies. Author of eight books and more than a thousand scientific papers, Loeb is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Physical Society, and the International Academy of Astronautics. In 2012, Time selected Loeb as one of the twenty-five most influential people in space. He lives near Boston, Massachusetts.

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