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23/07/2013

Adam Walton and guests discuss the search for extra-terrestrial life (SETI) and the recently set up UK SETI Research Network.

30 minutes

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Sun 28 Jul 2013 06:30

The Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence

This week Adam Walton explores the search听for extra-terrestrial intelligence (SETI),听following the recent launch of the UK SETI Research Network.

We hear from the patron of the network, Astronomer Royal Lord Rees (Professor Martin Rees). Adam is also joined in the studio by UK SETI Network co-ordinator听Dr Alan Penny from the University听of St Andrews, Dr Chris North of Cardiff School of Physics & Astronomy, the director of Jodrell Bank Observatory Professor Simon Garrington, and author Mark Brake whose new book looks at our portrayal of extra-terrestrials over two millennia ("Alien Life Imagined", Cambridge University Press, 2013).

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  • Tue 23 Jul 2013 18:30
  • Sun 28 Jul 2013 06:30

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Adam Walton

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