If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... Where Is Everybody?
About This Book
If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... Where Is Everybody? (2002) examines the famous Fermi paradox and the troubling gap between the apparent likelihood of extraterrestrial civilizations and our failure to find any sign of them. It surveys 75 scientific, technological, and philosophical solutions, and helps you think more clearly about our place in the cosmos and the possible futures of intelligent life.
Who Should Read This?
- Anyone curious about extraterrestrial life and the Fermi paradox
- Students and researchers of astronomy, cosmology, and astrobiology
- Futurists and big questions thinkers on human destiny
About the Author
Stephen Webb is a theoretical physicist with a PhD in particle physics who teaches at the University of Portsmouth and is known internationally as a TED speaker on the Fermi paradox. He’s written numerous popular science works on cosmology, physics, and big-picture questions about our place in the universe, these include Out of this World, Measuring the Universe, New Eyes on the Universe, All the Wonder that Would Be, and Clash of Symbols.
