Feb 25, 2013
Astrobiology is necessarily still a largely speculative field,
which could make it difficult to write a book on the topic. That
didn't phase journalist and performer Jacob Berkowitz, who has a
passion for science that has started from a disadvantaged position.
In his book The Stardust Revolution: The New Story of Our Origin in
the Stars, Berkowitz chronicles the histories of astronomy,
chemistry, and evolutionary biology that have come together to
demonstrate that we humans are, as Carl Sagan famously said, "made
of star stuff". From there, Berkowitz goes on to speculate about
how what we know about our own origins may inform what we can
determine about life elsewhere in our universe. Join us this Sunday
to talk with Berkowitz about our celestial past and possible
future.