Frank Drake
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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.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Frank Drake canonical | 18 |
| Frank Donald Drake | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
American scientist
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astronomer ⓘ astrophysicist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
PhD in astronomy
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bachelor’s degree in engineering physics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Bruce Medal
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Carl Sagan Memorial Award ⓘ Franklin Institute awards in physics/astronomy ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Carl Sagan
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Jill Tarter ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1930-05-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2022-09-02 ⓘ |
| developed | Drake equation ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cornell University
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Harvard University ⓘ |
| employer |
Cornell University
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National Radio Astronomy Observatory ⓘ SETI Institute ⓘ University of California, Santa Cruz ⓘ |
| familyName | Drake ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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astrophysics ⓘ search for extraterrestrial intelligence ⓘ |
| givenName | Frank ⓘ |
| influenced | modern SETI research ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Arecibo message
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Drake equation ⓘ Project Ozma ⓘ pioneering SETI experiments ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Astronomical Society
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
National Academy of Sciences (United States)
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| name |
Frank Drake
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Frank Donald Drake
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| notableConcept | use of radio telescopes to search for extraterrestrial signals ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Arecibo message
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surface form:
Arecibo interstellar radio message
Pioneer plaque project ⓘ
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Pioneer plaque design collaboration
Project Ozma ⓘ
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Project Ozma radio search for extraterrestrial signals
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| placeOfBirth | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Aptos, California, United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chairman of the board of the SETI Institute
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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
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planetary systems ⓘ radio astronomy ⓘ |
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Frank Donald Drake
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