Frank White, M.Phil.
Frank
White, M.Phil. is the author of
The Overview Effect: Space
Exploration and Human Evolution, first published in 1987 and
re-issued
in 1998.
A member of the Harvard College Class of 1966, Frank graduated
magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He attended Oxford
University on a Rhodes Scholarship, earning his M.Phil. in
1969.
He is
the
author or coauthor of eight additional books on space exploration and
the future, including
The SETI Factor: How the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence is
Changing Our View of the Universe and Ourselves,
Decision: Earth: Book One: Alone or All One?,
Think About Space: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?
and
The March of the Millennia: A Key to Looking at History
(both with Isaac Asimov),
The Ice Chronicles (with Paul Mayewski), and
Space Stories: Oral Histories from the Pioneers of America’s Space
Program
(with
Kenneth J. Cox
and Robbie Davis-Floyd). He also contributed chapters on the Overview
Effect to four recently published books on space exploration,
Return to
the Moon,
Beyond Earth,
Living in Space, and
Space
Commerce.
Frank has spoken at numerous conferences on space exploration and space
development. In 1988, he delivered the keynote address at the
International Space Development Conference in Denver. In 1989, he spoke
at George Washington University to mark the 20th anniversary of the
Apollo 11 moon landing. He also delivered the keynote address at the
first Overview Effect Conference in 2007.
In 2006, the Space Tourism Society awarded Frank a “Certificate of
Special Recognition”.
In 2008, Frank was one of the speakers at a session of the International
Space Development Conference that launched the Overview Institute and
announced the signing of the Overview Declaration.
Listen to Frank on
The Space Show
hosted by our
Dr. David Livingston.
Listen to all of his broadcasts on that show.
Watch
The Overview Effect which visualizes the
Overview Effect.
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Facebook page.
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Wikipedia profile.
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Twitter feed.