Dr. Shields gives his unique journey through the cosmos of astronomy and theater two fields that are often mentioned never in the same sentence let alone in the same career. How could this universe of diverse talent and experiences propel us further into the final frontier how do you think incorporating a spectrum of perspectives in astronomy could accelerate our inner-seller mission to understand and reach other worlds whoa what is now wait a minute is your husband named Omar is it a business about to be now I'm kidding that was an excellently written question and and uh recited so yeah I'm gonna say Omar you want to read this book oh look at that this has got the whole journey in there pretty much everythingI see
If scientists discovered that we are not alone, what would they do with that information? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice learn about the search for life, habitability around M stars and more with astrophysics professor and author Aomawa Shields.
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