Is Anybody Out There?

Couper and Henbest make a great team with an enviable record of good stuff - and here is another good title. The dynamic duo investigate the probability of 'life' - as we define it - on other planets, of possibilities that 'aliens' - as we define them - have visited our planet and the methods and direction of research into it all. Even to a profound apathetic like myself this is a good, well-grounded and well expressed read. The cardinal point of the text comes on page 42 (of 48) when the authors say: 'The day we detect a signal from extraterrestrial intelligence will be a turning point in the history of the world.' So, for all the theorising and research the answer is still, in Emmett Berry's words 'Nothin' yet'. Let's hope Couper and Henbest are still about to tell us about that signal when it is detected.