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Monthly Meeting: Mr. Gary Gilbert – The Drake Equation: Is There Anybody Out There?

Our guest speaker for October 2023 is Mr. Gary Gilbert, whose talk is entitled: The Drake Equation: Is There Anybody Out There? One of the biggest questions, not just for philosophers, astronomers, astrophysicists or cosmologists but for humanity as a whole is “Are we alone in the universe?” In 1961, Dr. Frank Drake decided to look at this question through a mathematical lens and devised what has come to be known as “The Drake Equation” – the result of which gives a possible number for how many civilisations might be capable of communication with us via radio signals. Join us […] Continue Reading »