Journal of Scientific Exploration (Feb 2023)

Frank Drake, “The Father of SETI”, May 28, 1930, to September 2, 2022

  • Jeremy Drake

DOI
https://doi.org/10.31275/20222811
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 36, no. 4

Abstract

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Frank Drake was a hero, a legend, an icon. His eponymous Drake Equation was the catalyst forSETI—the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. It is often called the second most famousequation in physics, right up there with E = mc2. His name is recognized by highschoolstudents—a pantheon that includes names such as Newton, Einstein, Gauss, Maxwell, Planck,Boltzmann.