Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars
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- Author：Avi Loeb
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Reviews
Douglas Graney
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It was a struggle to stay with text。 It needed more excitement to keep the reader， well me to stay with it。 Loeb went high brow， which is fine but by jazzing up the text it may have been more accessible。
Kalyan Turaga
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The book covers the Galileo project， Oumuamua， and UAP。 Personally， I found it rather dull， thinking I could have obtained the same information in an engaging 15-minute YouTube video。 Perhaps it's just me， but regardless， I would prefer to invest my time in other books of interest。 The book covers the Galileo project， Oumuamua， and UAP。 Personally， I found it rather dull， thinking I could have obtained the same information in an engaging 15-minute YouTube video。 Perhaps it's just me， but regardless， I would prefer to invest my time in other books of interest。 。。。more
Italo De Nubila
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Many dreams and hopes， very little facts。 I was hoping for something more concrete。 Clearer ideas。 All this was， was the hopes of an old man sad to not be able to see/fulfill his dream。 I just wasted my time and money on this one。
Bill
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DNF
Kyle Mccloskey
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I mean， it's sold as "That Harvard Professor who is obsessed with aliens，" but as is often the case， the situation is a lot more nuanced than that。 He is basically calling for both a reassessment for how funding is allocated in academic research AND for us to be willing to change our framework with which we approach scientific inquiry （and life in general）。 He's not saying "aliens definitely exist" but rather "how would our research change if we allowed for that possibility？" This， combined with I mean， it's sold as "That Harvard Professor who is obsessed with aliens，" but as is often the case， the situation is a lot more nuanced than that。 He is basically calling for both a reassessment for how funding is allocated in academic research AND for us to be willing to change our framework with which we approach scientific inquiry （and life in general）。 He's not saying "aliens definitely exist" but rather "how would our research change if we allowed for that possibility？" This， combined with his interrogation of the limits of "expertise" when it is combined with capitalistic expectations and limited possibilities， made it an interesting listen， though not something I would necessarily recommend。 。。。more
Ryan Bailey
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I read and really liked his prior book， "Extraterrestrial，" about the fascinating 'Oumuamua object that zipped through and out of our solar system in 2017。 He had many interesting arguments， and backed them up with some math I could follow。 This book had fewer ideas， and so explained them in slightly different ways several times to fill the space。 Also， whereas the first book was explaining the justification for keeping an open mind in science instead of unscientifically assuming the least surpr I read and really liked his prior book， "Extraterrestrial，" about the fascinating 'Oumuamua object that zipped through and out of our solar system in 2017。 He had many interesting arguments， and backed them up with some math I could follow。 This book had fewer ideas， and so explained them in slightly different ways several times to fill the space。 Also， whereas the first book was explaining the justification for keeping an open mind in science instead of unscientifically assuming the least surprising result （which I found quite persuasive）， this book went several steps further， making some big， unsupported assumptions that were surprising coming from a prominent scientist。 Instead， this book felt more like clickbait: hoping to say the most alarming thing to get more attention in an economy where attention = money。 I'm already on board with exploring space， we don't have to act like we've already proven that there are aliens waiting for us on the other end of our journey。 。。。more
Mitchell
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Harvard theoretical physicist Avi Loeb’s most recent work is perhaps one of the most timely pieces on the shelf。 2023 was the year for UAP。 There were highly credentialed former military officers alleging deep-state corruption and the retrieval and reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial tech。 Loeb’s book was written just before the July 2023 UAP whistleblower hearings and released just after。 However， its timeliness is undeniable regardless。 Loeb is the premier scientist looking for evidence of Harvard theoretical physicist Avi Loeb’s most recent work is perhaps one of the most timely pieces on the shelf。 2023 was the year for UAP。 There were highly credentialed former military officers alleging deep-state corruption and the retrieval and reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial tech。 Loeb’s book was written just before the July 2023 UAP whistleblower hearings and released just after。 However， its timeliness is undeniable regardless。 Loeb is the premier scientist looking for evidence of extraterrestrial artifacts， believing he’s found just that in retrieving spherules from the interstellar meteor IM1。 The spherules are made up of a combination of elements highly unlikely to occur together naturally。 This discovery came about just after the book’s release in 2023。 The genesis of his Galileo Project that swept the ocean floor for these spherules is detailed in the book。Perhaps the most intriguing and edifying portions of the book come in the form of Loeb’s profound philosophical musings on the state of human affairs in 2023。 Loeb breaks down civilizations on an ascending scale from D to A， espousing that humanity is a “D-Class” civilization， or one that is actively degrading its host planet’s ability to sustain life。 Loeb challenges humanity to view itself from an extraterrestrial perspective， and in doing so to understand that humanity has a less than attractive interstellar persona。 Not only are we unable to venture past our own moon （and even in that we do so by means of combustion）， we are more concerned with petty terrestrial power squabbling and “industrialmurder” than we are with our interstellar future。 Loeb’s book serves as a call to science rather than a call to arms。 Humanity needs to unite under a common ambition， not a common threat。 That ambition is its interstellar future。 In 500million to 1billion years， the sun will expand and make this planet uninhabitable。 We must turn our sights to science and tech and find ways to get off this rock， or we’re doomed。 We aren’t going to progress in that direction if we continue to devote resources to industrial murder and destroy the earth before we have a chance to get off of it。 。。。more
Nestor Ramos
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When I read the book's title I had high expectations， now I can say without a doubt that this book is what I called， like Religion and Cryptocurrency， a mental jack-off。 The book is to justify（or ask for） funds for his Galileo Project。 It's based on assumptions that can't be proven。 I put this book at the same level as Geoengineered Transhumanism: How the Environment Has Been Weaponized by Chemicals， Electromagnetics， & Nanotechnology for Synthetic Biology， and the author at the same level as " When I read the book's title I had high expectations， now I can say without a doubt that this book is what I called， like Religion and Cryptocurrency， a mental jack-off。 The book is to justify（or ask for） funds for his Galileo Project。 It's based on assumptions that can't be proven。 I put this book at the same level as Geoengineered Transhumanism: How the Environment Has Been Weaponized by Chemicals， Electromagnetics， & Nanotechnology for Synthetic Biology， and the author at the same level as "The Clown" Michio Kaku。 If the author can believe in imaginary beings like "god" which can't be proven to exist， he can believe in anything。 I don't say that ET Civilization doesn't exist at all or we shouldn't look for them。 I just say that we don't have any direct feasible， believable observation of them yet， The Galileo Project might help but it's far away from being a truly scientific project， it's more of a hobby。 I hate when books， like this， are used as very long commercial brochures to promote the author's pitty project。In the second part of the book， he attempts to philosophize about the need to devote some of our resources to ET explorations， which I think is good to do。 Look up to our skies and enrich our souls， but he fails miserably since he has no preparation to do so。 When I said that from now on "The Jester" Avi Loeb is at the same level as "The Clown" Michio Kaku refers for example to "。。。What follows is technical。。。" and presents 6 numbers referring to a meteor speed and pressure 。。。six numbers ！！！！ Whoo that's too technical， like the "mysterious" Quantum Mechanics from "The Clown" jajaja。。。。I am fed up that third-class scientists like The Jester" Avi Loeb and "The Clown" Michio Kaku continue to criticize Albert Einstein about the "spooky action"。 After all， he developed the relativity theory and the photoelectric effect， and his continuous questioning of QM made other people think about answers and experiments to his mind-blowing questions while these（The Jester and The Clown） third-class jackass scientists have done nothing valuable， not even writing good Popular Science books。 Writing a Popular Science book doesn't mean， like "The Jester" and "The Clown" do， that there's no need to explain things， and assuming that readers are idiots and language has to be kept simple。 There are excellent books out there， very popular and very well written， like Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray by Sabine Hossenfelder or The Magick of Physics: Uncovering the Fantastical Phenomena in Everyday Life by Felix Flickerthat proves that。 A few observations: If ʻOumuamua is real Extraterrestrial object : -- Why we haven't detected any communication （radio wave or similar not us but with the builders）？ Waiting for "Extraterrestrial people" to "download" collected that from Earth（or other civilizations） from it is not a viable option。 Just collecting data for random（or even planned） trajectories is not worthing。 It would take too long to have any valuable information for anyone。 A lost ET scouter？ Maybe but what for？-- Why was it so big？ Even our limited technology satellites（Voyager， etc。） to collect basic data are much， much smaller。 Making to be noticed is not an option either since we detect ʻOumuamua， but couldn't see it directly， so it's not worth it。-- UAP has been photographed but again， Why no communication has been detected？-- Ok。 Let's suppose for a moment that ʻOumuamua is an ET detected by Pan-STARRS。 How would they know that we detected it？ How would they know we have the technology to do so？ and Again how do they communicate the findings？ At least with Voyager small as it is， have a plate with our information， if somebody， somehow detects it and looks for it。-- Phrase from the book " What NASA hasn’t yet built is the observatory capable of mapping small near-Earth objects， identifying their qualities such that the most outlier objects suggesting a manufactured origin are noted ---> * Complete BS， NASA has a debris radar （https://orbitaldebris。jsc。nasa。gov/me。。。） that can detect objects as small as 5 mm。 How could it not detect "alien" non-man-made exploration objects if they truly exist and have abnormal behavior？ Even NASA has NEO （https://www。nasa。gov/planetary-defens。。。） for Near-Earth Object observations。 Yeah， is not exactly an "Alien， ET" observation program， but if there is any unusual it will （would have been） observed。 -- Read the following phrase from the book 。。。"2 billion years after the planet was formed， the level of oxygen in the atmosphere rose sharply， enabling the emergence of complex life forms。 Why the rise？ We don’t know"t* BS this book explains how: Oxygen: A Four Billion Year History Donald E。 Canfieldt* In chapter 9， he writes 。。。。" note that 2。4 billion years ago Earth’s atmosphere went from oxygen-poor to oxygen-rich due to cyanobacteria suddenly multiplying and， through photosynthesis， changing the planet’s atmosphere。。。。" ---> Come on man， earlier you mentioned that we don't how oxygen on earth was produced and now you copy the argument of the book that I mentioned！！！！ What a Jester the author is。！！！！-- All humans should petition their leaders for greater transparency as to the data already held by governments， but still kept secret。t* BS。。。How if it's transparent can't be secret。-- " With the excuse of looking for interstellar civilizations that are observing or living on Earth， they do this project to detect threats， without a doubt the perfect excuse for the Pentagon to be involved" ---> Another Conspiracy Theory right under our noses。-- I've just laughed at the following statement。。。"This method depends on our ability to propel a craft by manipulating the cosmic dark energy that makes up most of the vacuum of space" -- -> 1） We don't know what dark energy is and he wanted to use it to propel a spaceship 2） Then he explained that he would use vacuum negative pressure and Einstein's relativity equations to propel the spaceship which is NOT， in any way， dark energy at all。。。as I said he's at the same level as Michio "The Clown" Kaku。-- Look at the following phrase 。。。"The payloads of these crafts will not be burdened by fuel， allowing them， in principle， to reach speeds very near that of light。"。。。 The equation that governs the mass vs speed is m=mo/sqrt（1-v^2/c^2）， so if we approach the speed of light mass would be close to infinite。 For example， if the original mass（mo） would be 1kg at 99% speed of light the mass would be about 10 kg！！！ That would require an energy of 6x10^11 Joules， which is 3，000 times the energy of a small meteorite（1kg） moving at 20，000 m/s！！！！ We know that moving near the speed of light is impossible， would he know？ -- Another stupid moment talking about Black Holes at the center of a galaxy and the luminosity of surrounding stars。。。" I suggested that they [two other science groups] plot the correlation with velocity dispersion instead"。。。If it was so certain that he has the answer and it was a breakthru why in the hell he didn't do it by himself！！！！-- The Jester （or the Jerk？） in Chapter 10 is promoting AI as if it were another "god"， It seems that humanity？ （or the Jester） always needs a "god"， he thinks that Artificial Intelligence is a new "god" that will save it from its calamities。 We will only survive by our abilities。 NOT to any "god"， not by AI sent to the "stars"。-- To the moment when technological selection obviates natural selection。---> He's another who thinks that the argument from technological inevitability is a vivid and compelling one。 Despite all those flaws and wishful thinking， I liked that at least he tries to focus our view on seeing the stars and beyond our noses， and not to be lighted by virtual worlds computer simulations。 That's why I give one star to the book。 。。。more
Gillian Sullivan
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Fascinating topic; glad Dr。 Loeb is taking it on。 However， the writing was dense， and often had to read a sentence several times and still didn't get the gist。 As well， grammatical errors （e。g。， bounding， when it should have been binding） got in the way。 Complicated concepts require tight， clear， concise writing。 Fascinating topic; glad Dr。 Loeb is taking it on。 However， the writing was dense， and often had to read a sentence several times and still didn't get the gist。 As well， grammatical errors （e。g。， bounding， when it should have been binding） got in the way。 Complicated concepts require tight， clear， concise writing。 。。。more
Sam Talkington
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Fascinating forward looking thinking。A couple very interesting points made in this book and has opened me to new ways of looking at our future。
Joseph
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Just finished reading "Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars" by Avi Loeb， published by Mariner。Avi Loeb is a believer。 Make no mistake about it。 And like all good and firm believers of faith and/or an idea， Loeb absolutely needs not evidence at all to support his claims that discovering the existence of advanced extraterrestrial life will finally grant humanity the secrets of immortality because these kind， benevolent， and and let's not forget super adva Just finished reading "Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars" by Avi Loeb， published by Mariner。Avi Loeb is a believer。 Make no mistake about it。 And like all good and firm believers of faith and/or an idea， Loeb absolutely needs not evidence at all to support his claims that discovering the existence of advanced extraterrestrial life will finally grant humanity the secrets of immortality because these kind， benevolent， and and let's not forget super advanced aliens will share their life extension technology with us - if only we believe in them。Loeb is not advancing any bold new ideas here。 He's parroting decades old beliefs that once humanity discovers the existence of advanced star faring aliens， than all the problems plaguing the world will be resolved in a bizarre mixture of faith the combines pseudo-science and pseudo-faith。Oumuamua is Loeb's obsession。 He's convinced like all believers of questionable cults - in this case the Cult of Seti-Ism - that humanity is suffering because of it's unwillingness to embrace the truth of Oumuamua - that it was - and he never offers any proof - alien technology and we're blinded to the truth by our unwillingness to believe and keep an open mind。 Loeb should follow his own advice。 While he does provide some details as to how the first interstellar meteorites were determined to have struck Earth and his planned expedition to recover the material， Loeb has already decided anything he finds will be evidence of advanced technology。 So much for the scientific method of following where the facts lead。 Loeb is definitely blinded by the light of his own beliefs that he truly can not see that he is undermining his own quest for enlightenment。 Not Recommended。 One Star。 。。。more
Lindsay
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This felt like it didn't need to happen。 It lacked a lot of what his first book had。 And he repeats a lot of his previous book in this one。 This felt like it didn't need to happen。 It lacked a lot of what his first book had。 And he repeats a lot of his previous book in this one。 。。。more
Stephen Power
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I wanted to like this book more。 There is a lot of wonder in here， especially when it comes to using dark matter as a propellant and the tiny sailed nanocrafts powered by lasers that could be our first interstellar probes。 I also appreciated hearing about the author's other papers and just the behind the scenes look at how science gets done: a person has an idea， perhaps strange， then does some research （or has a colleague do it） and finds its not so strange an idea at all （or， better still， the I wanted to like this book more。 There is a lot of wonder in here， especially when it comes to using dark matter as a propellant and the tiny sailed nanocrafts powered by lasers that could be our first interstellar probes。 I also appreciated hearing about the author's other papers and just the behind the scenes look at how science gets done: a person has an idea， perhaps strange， then does some research （or has a colleague do it） and finds its not so strange an idea at all （or， better still， the idea is dismissed by another scientist at strange， whose own work then proves it's not and has to eat crow）。 But the book ultimately reads like a cross between a grant proposal and a TED talk arguing for why science should putting more money into the study of extraterrestrial objects instead of stigmatizing it。 I agree with Loeb's argument too。 His points are all solid。 It' s just I could have gotten to yes in 40 pages instead of 200， and I would have preferred that the other 160 pages were filled with more nanocrafts and cool scientific ideas。 。。。more
Danny
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A real shame。 This book alternates between repetitive rambling over and over， and what appears to be a pitch for funding。 Not engaging， and distracting to read。 I guess the limited story of Oumuamua can only be dragged out so far。
Christopher Angulo
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The dude's scientific perspective is super refreshing。 The dude's scientific perspective is super refreshing。 。。。more
Brendan
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Just read a few parts of
Charles Anderson
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If extraterrestrial life is ever confirmed， it will be one of the most exciting days of my life。 If that life is intelligent， it will be the most exciting day。 So even though I share Avi Loeb's enthusiasm for his search， I felt he let the book down with some of his speculation。 Anything on this topic always risks sounding like Science Fiction， but some of the ideas he explores seem designed to embrace this。Still， the work he is doing is exciting and overdue。 I follow his research with exceptiona If extraterrestrial life is ever confirmed， it will be one of the most exciting days of my life。 If that life is intelligent， it will be the most exciting day。 So even though I share Avi Loeb's enthusiasm for his search， I felt he let the book down with some of his speculation。 Anything on this topic always risks sounding like Science Fiction， but some of the ideas he explores seem designed to embrace this。Still， the work he is doing is exciting and overdue。 I follow his research with exceptional interest。 。。。more
Brenna
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I loved Loeb’s previous book， Extraterrestrial， but I was unfortunately a bit bored by this one。 Lacking the focussed topic like Oumuamua in Extraterrestrial， this book didn’t get in to the nitty gritty science like I wanted it to。 I think it would be more interesting for someone without prior knowledge of the UAP arena as it provides a good summary of research projects past， present and future。
Regan
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What a fascinating read！ I enjoyed his book Extraterrestrial and immediately ordered this one。 Loeb writes in a manner that is understandable to the lay person。 The writing isn't dry and he invites his readers to join him in his personal journey。 What a fascinating read！ I enjoyed his book Extraterrestrial and immediately ordered this one。 Loeb writes in a manner that is understandable to the lay person。 The writing isn't dry and he invites his readers to join him in his personal journey。 。。。more
Chad
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Very interesting read。 Avi Loeb presents many great cases why we should make further investment in seeking out what interstellar life might have to offer。 That being sending light sail like objects into space and investigating objects recently arriving in our atmosphere believed to be from outside our solar system。 While painfully naive about why all nations of earth can’t come together as well as the assumption that extra terrestrial beings would want to chill and be cool with us， it’s still a Very interesting read。 Avi Loeb presents many great cases why we should make further investment in seeking out what interstellar life might have to offer。 That being sending light sail like objects into space and investigating objects recently arriving in our atmosphere believed to be from outside our solar system。 While painfully naive about why all nations of earth can’t come together as well as the assumption that extra terrestrial beings would want to chill and be cool with us， it’s still a great read。 。。。more
Thomas
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ughhhhhhhhhhDNF， about 60% of audiobook
Steven Beningo
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A very good look at the prospects for finding signs of civilizations from other star systems。 While much of the book was excellent， there was a bit too much philosophizing about the distant future。
Mike Keyser
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A worthy concept to be sure， and not the least bit "nutty，" as many in the media have attempted to paint it。 Professor Loeb makes an excellent case for his rationale， albeit one that could have been made with less than half the number of pages dedicated to it。 If one is an avid follower of legitimate scientific searches for off-earth intelligence， Professor Loeb's concept should included in your considerations。 I also must add， that I truly hope that naming objects IM1 and IM2 was a stroke of su A worthy concept to be sure， and not the least bit "nutty，" as many in the media have attempted to paint it。 Professor Loeb makes an excellent case for his rationale， albeit one that could have been made with less than half the number of pages dedicated to it。 If one is an avid follower of legitimate scientific searches for off-earth intelligence， Professor Loeb's concept should included in your considerations。 I also must add， that I truly hope that naming objects IM1 and IM2 was a stroke of subtly dry scientific comedic genius and not just a fortuitous coincidence 。。 or am I the only one who finds this humorous？！ 。。。more
⚫㊐✨Heather Mc Erlean❦㈦㊏
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A particular quote stood out to me in Avi Loeb's book， "Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars。" To win their trust， we'll be wise to invoke the spirit of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman， who once remarked: "Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts。 When someone says 'science teaches such and such，' he is using the word incorrectly。 Science doesn't teach it。 Experience teaches it。" That's what we must share with the public， world A particular quote stood out to me in Avi Loeb's book， "Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars。" To win their trust， we'll be wise to invoke the spirit of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman， who once remarked: "Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts。 When someone says 'science teaches such and such，' he is using the word incorrectly。 Science doesn't teach it。 Experience teaches it。" That's what we must share with the public， worldwide—our search for observed experience。" In my passion for science-related endeavors， I have stated nearly the same thing to people who talk about Science as if it were a person or entity and that "Science" does this or that。 I felt this was a particularly great quote for Loeb to put into the book and is the perfect foundation for how to look at what Science is。In a religious service， the Rabbi Emeritus， Rob Dobrusin had a sermon and spoke about the book， and one of his quotes also resonated with me。 Religious institutions often refused to entertain the belief in other life forms in the Universe。 Dobrusin said， "there is nothing in traditional Jewish faith that would in any way be threatened by assuming or even proving the presence of intelligent life elsewhere in the Universe。 Perhaps some of our texts even presuppose this reality。" I am so happy that Loeb brought this up in his book。 It is another argument people have against alien life forms， and I appreciate this mention in the book。 Loeb also gives you much to think about what finding alien life would do for us。 It would have us asking questions that we've all thought about， to questions， at least， I hadn't thought about yet。 He explains why we might not have seen alien life yet to answer that age-old question about whether alien life exists。I'm not good at math， even if I did get As in college， so when I saw equations （like the Drake Equation）， I had to stop and consider them more because I had to understand them before I moved on。 I don't believe math being mentioned in this book to be a bad thing; quite the contrary。 Mentioning math is something that humanity needs only proves how important math is to teach our youngsters。Loeb's enthusiasm and passion for this subject are evident in everything he says in this book。 There is a lot of information put forth in the book， as well as a lot of resources mentioned that you can look up on your own。 Yes， there was a lot of opinion in there， but who doesn't have opinions？ When you feel passionate about something， you write to convince others that it's a worthy subject to study， or in this case， worth enough to be funded the way other invisible science endeavors are pursued。 When you want to get people on board， you speak your mind， which Loeb does effectively。Another great point made is about how we must learn to thrive without reliance on the Sun。 Most realize the sun is going to die on us， but few people state how important it is that we learn to thrive without it and the need for interstellar space travel。 Loeb's ideas of space travel are a mixture of common sense and an enlightened view of what our space neighbors would be like。 Loeb makes you want to board any spaceship you can find and sparks an interest in making friends of our space friends。 Loeb makes the case that whether or not you believe in any other life in the universe， it is still important to search and important to progress to the point where we could leave this planet and survive in space or on another planet。 he is effective at pointing out the reasons why it's so important to put more money into these searches。 From equipment to ships， we have a lot of work to do。This is my first book of Loeb's and after reading this one， it won't be my last。 I read the other book reviews and if so many others think his other book is even better， then I cannot wait to read it。 If you are inquisitive as to the evidence there is， reasons for spending more money looking， and the eventuality of humanity having to survive on other planets， then this is the book for you。 I always believed there was life out there and even assumed that their civilization must be more advanced than ours。 This is a must-read！ 。。。more
Keven Wang
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Okay。 Avi mostly wrote for his fellow researchers。
Andrew
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Our D-Class civilizations are doomed to fail？This is the first book I’ve read by author Avi Loeb， whilst its full of good intentions and warnings about our current level of our D-Class civilization。 He’s rightly concerned if we can reach any higher rungs of human development？ Whilst I admire his research for his Galileo Project， and his hunt for objects of extraterrestrial origin， he should be warned by writers such as Jacques Vallee， that this will certainly fail。 He tried that long ago and all Our D-Class civilizations are doomed to fail？This is the first book I’ve read by author Avi Loeb， whilst its full of good intentions and warnings about our current level of our D-Class civilization。 He’s rightly concerned if we can reach any higher rungs of human development？ Whilst I admire his research for his Galileo Project， and his hunt for objects of extraterrestrial origin， he should be warned by writers such as Jacques Vallee， that this will certainly fail。 He tried that long ago and all the US military did was to take his years of research and kick him out - read his book “Trinity”。Anyone who thinks that the US government would allow scientists to talk to any form of extraterrestrial， present or future， is dreaming。Good research， but this book only deserves 4 stars， with a lot of repetition。 。。。more
Jonathan Dereszynski
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In "Interstellar，" Avi Loeb transcends the realm of conventional scientific discourse， offering a riveting and thought-provoking look at humanity's place in the cosmos。 The book serves as an urgent call to arms， urging us not only to consider the reality of extraterrestrial life but to proactively prepare for such an encounter。 Where many scientific texts are laden with jargon and esoteric concepts， Loeb strikes a balance between rigor and readability。 He demystifies the complexities surrounding In "Interstellar，" Avi Loeb transcends the realm of conventional scientific discourse， offering a riveting and thought-provoking look at humanity's place in the cosmos。 The book serves as an urgent call to arms， urging us not only to consider the reality of extraterrestrial life but to proactively prepare for such an encounter。 Where many scientific texts are laden with jargon and esoteric concepts， Loeb strikes a balance between rigor and readability。 He demystifies the complexities surrounding the possibility of contact with extraterrestrial civilizations， offering a realistic blueprint that shatters Hollywood-induced stereotypes。 The urgency with which Loeb treats the subject is palpable and infectious， pushing us to reconsider our complacency in looking outward。One of the most compelling aspects of "Interstellar" is its interdisciplinary approach。 Loeb skillfully integrates science， technology， philosophy， and ethics， showing how these fields are intertwined in our search for extraterrestrial life and the profound choices that await us。 The book serves as a frontline account of the scientific advancements preparing us for this cosmic rendezvous， making the unknown feel both thrilling and within reach。Loeb doesn't just raise questions; he instigates a much-needed dialogue about what it means to be human in an ever-expanding universe。 "Interstellar" challenges us to elevate our gaze from our terrestrial concerns， to recognize our potential—and responsibility—as cosmic citizens。 In essence， "Interstellar" is a masterful blend of cutting-edge science and thought-provoking philosophy。 It's a seminal work that invites us to participate in one of the most monumental quests of human history。 Five stars。 。。。more
George Kanakaris
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More philosophical than his previous book 'Extraterrestrial'。 More philosophical than his previous book 'Extraterrestrial'。 。。。more
Devin Stevenson
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A wonderful antitode to that cynical asshole， Neil Degrasse Tyson。 Avi Loeb revitalizes childlike curiosity and wonder in the universe and adds an adult sense of purpose and urgency。 Within six years of upgrading the Harvard Observatory， Avi's team has identified four likely proofs of interstellar travel， and possible extra terrestrial intelligence。 On the same day as the release of this book， Avi also published the results of a study he had just completed offering the first proof of an interste A wonderful antitode to that cynical asshole， Neil Degrasse Tyson。 Avi Loeb revitalizes childlike curiosity and wonder in the universe and adds an adult sense of purpose and urgency。 Within six years of upgrading the Harvard Observatory， Avi's team has identified four likely proofs of interstellar travel， and possible extra terrestrial intelligence。 On the same day as the release of this book， Avi also published the results of a study he had just completed offering the first proof of an interstellar object analyzing the metal trail of a meteor in our ocean。 By continuing to invest in intentionally looking into the skies for evidence of interstellar life we could find debris of trash technology that helps to leap frog our technology generations ahead and even save us from climate catastrophe。 。。。more
Ropate
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