May 1, 2008; 6:30pm-9:00pm
Michaels at Shoreline, Mountain View
Geoffrey W. Marcy
Professor of Astronomy
University of California, Berkeley, CA
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Artist's view of an ultra-short-period planet.
Image credit: NASA, ESA, A. Schaller]
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Science fiction presumes that our Milky Way Galaxy contains numerous habitable planets populated by civilizations engaged in interstellar exploration and commerce. Back in our real universe, Earth-like planets and alien life have proved elusive. Is science fiction fundamentally flawed? What properties render a world hospitable for life and are they common? Novel telescopes in space and on the ground will begin hunting for earths next year, sparking a race for signs of extraterrestrial life.
Geoffrey W. Marcy is a Professor in the Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley. He is the Director of the Center for Integrative Planetary Science (UC Berkeley).
Professor Marcy received his Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics in 1982 from University of California, Santa Cruz. He received a B.A. in the double major of Physics and Astronomy, 1976, from UCLA, gradeuated Summa Cum Laude, and was elected Phi Beta Kappa.
Professor Marcy leads the research team that has discovered the majority of the 230 known planets around others stars. He found the first planetary system around another star, and he found the first Saturn-like planet and the first Neptune-like planet. He is now searching for the first Earth-like planet.
He has won many awards including:
He has over 300 publications in refereed journals.
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