“With wit and brio Frank separates current nonsense about aliens from the serious and
fascinating search for extraterrestrial life.” —Carlo Rovelli New York Times bestselling
author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics From astrophysicist Adam Frank a little book on the
biggest questions in our search for extraterrestrial life questions we stand ready to answer.
Everyone is curious about life in the Universe UFOs and whether ET is out there. Over the
course of his thirty-year career as an astrophysicist Adam Frank has consistently been asked
about the possibility of intelligent life in the universe. Are aliens real? Where are they? Why
haven’t we found them? What happens if we do? We’ve long been led to believe that astronomers
spend every night searching the sky for extraterrestrials but the truth is we have barely
started looking. Not until now have we even known where to look or how. In The Little Book of
Aliens Frank a leading researcher in the field takes us on a journey to all that we know
about the possibility of life outside planet Earth and shows us the cutting-edge science that
has brought us to this unique moment in human history: the one where we go find out for
ourselves. In this small book with big stakes Frank gives us a rundown of everything we need
to know from the scientific origins of the search for intelligent life the Fermi Paradox the
Kardashev Scale the James Webb Telescope as well as UFOs and their conspiracy theories.
Drawing from his own work and that of other scientists studying the possibility of alien life
he brings together the latest scientific thinking data ideas and discoveries to equip us
with the critical facts as we stand at what may be the last moment in human history where we
still believe we are all alone. This book is about everything we do—and do not—know about life
intelligent or otherwise beyond Earth. In language that is engaging entertaining and fun The
Little Book of Aliens provides a comprehensive first look at how close we are to finding out if
others actually exist—and if they do what they might be like. Humankind is on the precipice of
finding its neighbors. What comes next? No person is better suited to answer that question—and
lead the search—than Adam Frank.
