Donald E. Brownlee

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Donald E. Brownlee
Born
Donald Eugene Brownlee

(1943-12-21) December 21, 1943 (age 80)
University of Washington at Seattle

Donald Eugene Brownlee (born December 21, 1943) is a professor of

Rare Earth, in reference to the possible scarcity of life elsewhere in the universe.[2] His primary research interests include astrobiology, comets, and cosmic dust.[3] He was born in Las Vegas, Nevada.[4]

Education and employment

Brownlee studied electrical engineering at

Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe (which put forth the Rare Earth Hypothesis)[2] and The Life and Death of Planet Earth
, with his third book The Sixth Element: How Carbon Shapes Our World being co-authored with Theodore P. Snow.

Honors

NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement in 2007. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1995[10] and in 1999 a fellow of the American Geophysical Union.[11]

References

  1. ^ Stardust | JPL | NASA
  2. ^ a b Matt Williams (29 July 2020). "Beyond "Fermi's Paradox" IV: What is the Rare Earth Hypothesis?" (PDF). Universe Today. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2021. Origins: The term "Rare Earth" takes its name from the book Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe (2000), by Peter Ward and Donald E. Brownlee ... As the authors describe it, the Rare Earth argument comes down to two central hypotheses ... making Earth a very special place
  3. YouTube
  4. ^ Brownlee, Donald E(ugene) 1943-. Contemporary Authors. January 1, 2005.
  5. ^ University of Washington Astronomy Department
  6. ^ University of Washington Astronomy Department 1990-91 Faculty Research Report (Report). 1990–1991. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  7. ^ | Like a rock: New mineral named for UW astronomer | University of Washington News and Information Archived 2008-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
  8. doi:10.1029/2008EO260004
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  9. ^ "J. Lawrence Smith Medal Recipients". 1994. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Donald E. Brownlee". Member Directory, National Academy of Sciences.
  11. ^ "Union Fellows, search". American Geophysical Union.
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