For millennia, we have looked up at the stars and wondered whether we are alone in the universe, but in the last few years--as our probes begin to escape the solar system, and our telescopes reveal thousands of Earthlike planets--scientists have taken huge leaps toward an answer. "Forget science fiction," author Ben Miller writes. "We are living through one of the most extraordinary revolutions in the history of science: the emergent belief of a generation of physicists, biologists, and chemists that we are not alone."

The Aliens Are Coming! is a refreshingly clear, hugely entertaining guide to the search for alien life. Miller looks everywhere for insight, from the Big Bang's sea of energy that somehow became living matter, to the equations that tell us Earth is not so rare, to the clues bacteria hold to how life started. And he makes the case that our growing understanding of life itself will help us predict whether it exists elsewhere, what it might look like, and when we might find it.


Author: Ben Miller
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Experiment
Published: 11/01/2016
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9781615193653


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/27/2016
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2016
Booklist 09/15/2016 pg. 7
Choice 05/01/2017

About the Author
Miller, Ben: - Ben Miller, a trained quantum physicist, is an actor and comedian, perhaps best known for his role as the sidekick in Johnny English. He is also the bestselling author of It's Not Rocket Science, and host of the TV show of the same name. He has hosted numerous other TV and radio documentaries on subjects as varied as temperature and the history of particle physics. He is slowly coming to terms with the idea that he may never be an astronaut.