Frank Drake

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American scientist astronomer astrophysicist human

Frank Drake was an American astronomer and astrophysicist best known for formulating the Drake Equation to estimate the number of communicative extraterrestrial civilizations in our galaxy.

Aliases (1)

Frank Donald Drake ×1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American scientist → astronomer → astrophysicist → human →
academicDegree	PhD in astronomy → bachelor’s degree in engineering physics →
awardReceived	Bruce Medal → Carl Sagan Memorial Award → Franklin Institute awards in physics/astronomy →
collaboratedWith	Carl Sagan → Jill Tarter →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1930-05-28 →
dateOfDeath	2022-09-02 →
developed	Drake equation →
educatedAt	Cornell University → Harvard University →
employer	Cornell University → National Radio Astronomy Observatory → SETI Institute → University of California, Santa Cruz →
familyName	Drake →
fieldOfWork	astronomy → astrophysics → search for extraterrestrial intelligence →
givenName	Frank →
influenced	modern SETI research →
knownFor	Arecibo message → Drake equation → Project Ozma → pioneering SETI experiments →
language	English →
memberOf	American Astronomical Society → National Academy of Sciences (United States) →
name	Frank Donald Drake →
notableConcept	use of radio telescopes to search for extraterrestrial signals →
notableWork	Arecibo interstellar radio message → Pioneer plaque design collaboration → Project Ozma radio search for extraterrestrial signals →
placeOfBirth	Chicago, Illinois, United States →
placeOfDeath	Aptos, California, United States →
positionHeld	chairman of the board of the SETI Institute → director of Arecibo Observatory → professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz → professor of astronomy at Cornell University →
proposed	Drake equation in 1961 →
researchInterest	extraterrestrial intelligence → planetary systems → radio astronomy →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Pioneer plaque project →	associatedWith
Linda Salzman Sagan →	collaboratedWith
Drake equation →	creator
Arecibo message →	designedBy
Pioneer plaque project →	designer
Voyager Golden Record project →	keyPerson
Project Ozma →	ledBy
Frank Drake ("Frank Donald Drake") →	name
Drake equation →	namedAfter
SETI Institute →	notableScientist
SETI →	pioneeredBy
Pioneer 10 →	PioneerPlaqueDesigners
Project Ozma →	principalInvestigator
Project Ozma →	relatedTo
Arecibo message →	sentBy