The Eerie Silence: Searching for Ourselves in the Universe

Informationen zum Autor Paul Davies is a Regents' Professor of Physics and Director of the Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science at Arizona State University. The author of some 30 books, his many awards include the Templeton Prize and the Faraday Prize of The Royal Society. He is a Member of the Order of Australia and has an asteroid named after him. Klappentext Paul Davies has achieved an international reputation for his ability to explain the significance of advanced scientific ideas in simple language. He is the author of some twenty books and has written and presented a number of TV and radio programmes. He has also won the prestigious Templeton Prize, the world's largest award for intellectual endeavour, and a Glaxo Science Writers' Fellowship. He is currently Professor at Arizona State University as well as the Director of BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science. Zusammenfassung Why isn't the universe teeming with alien life? This book is a guide to the 'Fermi Paradox'.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Davies
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.03.2011
• EAN: 9780141037783
• ISBN: 978-0-14-103778-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; NATURE / Sky Observation, Popular astronomy & space, Popular astronomy and space