LIFE IN SEVEN NUMBERS: A JOURNEY INTO ASTROBIOLOGY AND THE DRAKE EQUATION

COMING FROM PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS TO A BOOKSTORE NEAR YOU

MID-LATE 2025

astrobiogenesis!
The game

Greetings, sentient creature! Welcome to the game of habitability and survival. You’ll build a realistic solar system and face catastrophes from comets to supernovae. Life will evolve from germs to animals to sentient, intelligent beings—and if you’re lucky, you’ll even survive first contact.

a Cambrian ocean that is murky and has some coral, seaweed, and rudimentary creatures visible.

GASTRONOMY:

The Astronomer’s Comfort Food Cookbook