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Michael F. Robinson is a professor of history at Hillyer College, University of Hartford. He is the author of The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006), winner of the 2008 Book Award for the History of Science in America, and The Lost White Tribe: Explorers, Scientists, and the Theory that Changed a Continent (New York: Oxford University Press, 2016) winner of the History of Science Society's Davis Prize.

Robinson has given lectures about his work at the American Museum of Natural History, The Explorers Club, The British Library, the Library of Congress, and NASA headquarters among others. He is a frequent guest on radio and television programs including American Experience, BB ...more

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3I/ATLAS, SETI, and the Controversy Over How We Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Jason Wright talks about 3i/ATLAS, the controversy surrounding it, and the way the search for life in the universe is beginning to change. Wright is a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State. He’s the director of the Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center. He is also the author of The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Theory and Practice.

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