Adam Frank’s work in astrobiology is brilliant, but his essay implies that the destructive effects of humanity’s “energy harvesting” are based essentially on physics and might be unavoidable for any intelligent species on any planet. I believ...
Nancy Ellen Abrams is a lawyer (J.D., U. of Michigan) with a B.A. from the University of Chicago in the history and philosophy of science. She specializes in the role of science in a new politics and us an award-winning writer and lecturer at UCSC.Jo...
Nancy Ellen Abrams is co-author (with Joel Primack) of two books that develop deeply meaningful and imagistic perspectives from a mainstream understanding of the scientific picture of the Universe — and our role in the Cosmos. Coming from a secular...