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Refining the search for extraterrestrial life
Gregory Benford, his brother James and his nephew Dominic decided to combine their knowledge of astrophysics, space, microwaves and economics to look at the search for extraterrestrial life from a money perspective. They posed a simple question: What...Tags: Education, Astronomy, Stephen Hawking, University of California, Irvine, Science and Technology
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Book review: 'Seeing Further,' edited by Bill Bryson
Special to the Los Angeles TimesSeeing Further The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society Edited by Bill Bryson William Morrow: 506 pp., $35 There are about 1,400 people currently entitled to tack on "F.R.S." to the end of their names, possibly the world'...Tags: Book, Benjamin Franklin, Paul Davies, Science and Technology, Bill Bryson
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Philip K. Dick in the O.C.
Jacket CopyHe was a Berkeley bohemian who moved to what he called the land of plastic. Science fiction visionary Philip K. Dick spent the last decade of his life in the unlikely climes of Orange County, and a symposium on Friday...... -
Arthur C. Clarke, 90; scientific visionary, acclaimed writer of '2001: A Space Odyssey'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterArthur C. Clarke, who peered into the heavens with a homemade telescope as a boy and grew up to become a visionary titan of science-fiction writing and collaborated with director Stanley Kubrick on the landmark film "2001: A Space Odyssey," has died. He...Tags: Buzz Aldrin, Book, Science and Technology, Movies, Australia (movie)
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