Title: “Fermi’s Paradox and the Search for Other Worlds”
Speaker: Fred Sloop is a research chemist at ORNL Basic and Applied Research in Chemical Recognition and Separations
M.S. 1982, Biology/Microbiology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Biochemistry, microbiology, environmental chemistry, chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, synthesis, labels for DNA sequencing, biotechnology, sensors, defense counterproliferation programs. (Copied from the ORNL site)
Abstract: The 17th century’s Scientific Revolution established the heliocentric view of our solar system, ushering in greater clarity and understanding of the universe and man’s place in it. This transformation in science also reintroduced a question, first pondered by the Ancient Greeks, “Are we alone?” This presentation will follw mankind’s efforts to discover other worlds and other life in the galaxy, and seek an answer to the Fermi Paradox, “Where is everybody?”
