“Are We Alone in the Universe” Speaker – Dr. Laird Close
Dr. Laird Close is an award winning Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at The University of Arizona. Dr. Close is the principal scientist of the 6.5m Magellan Adaptive Optics extrasolar planet imager, located in the high Atacama Desert of Chile. He has developed a course available in the “The Great Courses” series entitled “Are We Alone in the Universe” and this will be the theme of his presentation.