Shostak biography
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Shostak biography
Seth Shostak
American astronomer and author (born 1943)
Seth Shostak (born July 20, 1943) is an American astronomer and author, and is currently the senior astronomer for the SETI Institute.[1][2][3]
Shostak hosts SETI's weekly radio show/podcastBig Picture Science, has played himself numerous times in TV and internet film dramas, and has acted in several science fiction films.
Early life and education
Seth Shostak was born in a Jewish family in Arlington County, Virginia, the son of Arthur and Bertha Shostak (née Gortenburg); his father was an electrical engineer.[4][5] He earned his BS in physics from Princeton University and a PhD in astrophysics from the California Institute of Technology.[6]
Professional work
Shostak used radio telescopes in the US and the Netherlands, searching for clues to the ultimate fate of the universe by analyzing galaxy motion.
In 1999, he produced twelve 30-minute lectures on