Charles Lineweaver

Charles Lineweaver is an Honorary Associate Professor at both the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the Research School of Earth Science at the Australian National University. His research areas include exoplanetology, astrobiology, and cancer. He earned a BA in history from the State University of New York at Binghamton, an MA in English from Brown University, a BS is physics from Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, and a PhD in physics at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Physics Planetary Intelligence [long_description] Can the idea of intelligence as a collective property be extended to a planetary scale? A recent paper uses this framework to explore possible trajectories for the long-term evolution of inhabited planets, including our own. In his review, Charles Lineweaver is less convinced about such claims and the notion that a mature, sustainable technosphere could be the enduring culmination of our future.
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Physics A Lonely Universe [long_description] When considering whether intelligent life in the universe is rare, researchers often turn to the existence of Homo sapiens to demonstrate their point. But this example of biological evolution is contingent and self-referential. It is a moot point when discussing the chances of its occurrence anywhere outside earth.

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