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Author Talk: Lee Billings & Director of Astrobiology at Columbia University Caleb Scharf

Billings_Cover-Image.thumbnailThe age-old question of whether we’re alone in the universe – or if other life forms thrive among the stars – gets a new examination from science writer Lee Billings in his book, Five Billion Years of Solitude. In this critically-acclaimed volume, Lee charts the history of man’s quest to determine what other Earth-like planets may exist in the universe.

Joining Lee for the evening will be Caleb Scharf, director of the Columbia Astrobiology Center at Columbia University. Caleb is the author of Gravity’s Engines: The Other Side of Black Holes, and is the winner of the 2011 Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award as well as a medal from the American Astronomical Society.

Buy a copy of Five Billion Years of Solitude or a $15 Strand gift card in order to attend this event. All options admit one person.  The event will be located in the Strand’s 3rd floor Rare Book Room at The Strand, located at 828 Broadway at 12th Street.











When: Wed., Jan. 8, 2014 at 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: The Strand
828 Broadway
212-473-1452
Price: $15 Strand gift card, or buy the book
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Billings_Cover-Image.thumbnailThe age-old question of whether we’re alone in the universe – or if other life forms thrive among the stars – gets a new examination from science writer Lee Billings in his book, Five Billion Years of Solitude. In this critically-acclaimed volume, Lee charts the history of man’s quest to determine what other Earth-like planets may exist in the universe.

Joining Lee for the evening will be Caleb Scharf, director of the Columbia Astrobiology Center at Columbia University. Caleb is the author of Gravity’s Engines: The Other Side of Black Holes, and is the winner of the 2011 Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award as well as a medal from the American Astronomical Society.

Buy a copy of Five Billion Years of Solitude or a $15 Strand gift card in order to attend this event. All options admit one person.  The event will be located in the Strand’s 3rd floor Rare Book Room at The Strand, located at 828 Broadway at 12th Street.

Buy tickets/get more info now