Avi Loeb
Avi Loeb · Science & Medicine
Astrophysicist; black holes, the early universe and the search for extraterrestrial life
1962, Beit Hanan, Israel
Israel · United States
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Avi Loeb is an Israeli-American astrophysicist who has published influential work on black holes, the earliest stars and galaxies of the young universe, and the search for extraterrestrial life. He chaired Harvard University's astronomy department and directs its Institute for Theory and Computation. He is Jewish and Israeli, raised on a farm in the moshav of Beit Hanan.
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Astrophysicist; black holes, the early universe and the search for extraterrestrial life
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