Are We A Blog?: Alan Hirshfeld

Confessions of an Alien Hunter
Aliens are big in America. Whether they’ve arrived via rocket, flying saucer, or plain old teleportation, they’ve been invading, infiltrating, or inspiring us for decades, and they’ve fascinated moviegoers and television watchers for more than fifty years.

Seth’s new book, Confessions of An Alien Hunter: A Scientist’s Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (National Geographic Books) offers an entertaining and expert account of the facts, fantasies, and future of finding intelligence elsewhere in the universe, and how real science differs from the Hollywood view of extraterrestrial life.

Seth on the Radio!
Okay, since he hosts Are We Alone? every week, that's perhaps not so novel, but here are a couple of Seth's recent appearances on other radio programs:

On Point with Tom Ashbrook (WBUR, Boston) (click "Listen to this Show" at the very top of the page)

Coast to Coast with George Noory (listening options are on the right)

It Came From Seth's Brain!

When Seth isn't hosting Are We Alone? he's kept locked away in a sensory deprivation chamber where electrodes hooked up to his brain extract ideas that are developed by robotic chimps into "essays". Compiled here are just a few of his writings, as well as this popular item from his film making past:

The Turkey That Ate St. Louis

Essays:

"Is Manned Space Flight Obsolete?" (02/09/10)

"Is SETI Hopeless?" (12/03/09)

"Weird Ways to Search for ET" (9/24/09)

(Spanish translation of "Weird Ways to Search for ET")

"Meet the Neighbors in 'District 9' (8/17/09)

"Why Aliens Won't Abduct You (8/12/09)

"Sifting for Planets with Kepler's Fine Comb (8/6/09)

"What Will Aliens Really Look Like? (7/16/09)

"Fighting Global Warming with Pavement, (7/15/09)

"No More TV for Aliens? (6/18/09)

"When Will We Find the Extraterrestrials? (Spring 2009)

"Race to the Bottom (5/28/09)

"The Future is Wow (5/4/09)

"Have a Wacko Theory? Write It Up (4/16/09)

"Boldly Going Nowhere, (New York Times, 4/14/09, p. A21)

"Surprise Recovery of Meteorites Following Asteroid Impact, (3/26/09)

"What Finding Alien Life Could Mean for Earth (2/18/09)

"Is Humanity a Spacefaring Race?" (1/15/09)

Check out more of Seth's ruminations and even some serious science on his publications list.

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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Eureka! - Alan Hirshfeld

Part 1 of Eureka!, featuring Alan Hirshfeld, Professor of physics at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, and author of Eureka Man: The Life and Legacy of Archimedes.

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