Seth Shostak

Seth Shostak is the Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute. SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, is an exploratory science that seeks evidence of life in the universe by looking for some signature of its technology. Dr. Shostak lectures on astronomy and other subjects, and for six years was a Distinguished Speaker for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He also chaired the International Academy of Astronautics’ SETI Permanent Study Group.
Seth has written over five hundred popular magazine, newspaper and Web articles on various topics in astronomy, technology, film and television. He has edited and contributed to a half dozen books, including a textbook on astrobiology. His most recent tome is Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist’s Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (National Geographic). He also hosts the SETI Institute’s weekly, hour-long, science radio show, “Big Picture Science.”