Dr. Abraham (Avi) Loeb

Abraham (Avi) Loeb is the Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science at Harvard University. Loeb published 4 books and over 700 papers (with an h-index of 99) on a wide range of topics, including black holes, the first stars, the search for extraterrestrial life and the future of the Universe. He serves as Chair of Harvard's Department of Astronomy, Founding Director of Harvard's Black Hole Initiative and Director of the Institute for Theory and Computation (ITC) within the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics . He also chairs the Advisory Committee for the Breakthrough Starshot Initiative, serves as the Science Theory Director for all Initiatives of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation, as well as Chair of the Board on Physics and Astronomy of the National Academies. He is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the American Physical Society, and the International Academy of Astronautics. In 2012, TIME magazine selected Loeb as one of the 25 most influential people in space. Click here for Loeb's commentaries on innovation and diversity.   

Broadcast 4105 Dr. Avi Loeb

Guest:  Dr. Avi Loeb:  Topics:  Dr. Loeb's new book, "Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars," the need to search for hard evidence, preliminary analysis of his findings from picking up more than 700 spherical metal fragments from the Pacific Ocean in June suggesting an interstellar origin.

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