Caleb Scharf's research career spans cosmology, exoplanetary science, and astrobiology. He currently leads efforts at Columbia University in New York to understand the nature of exoplanets and living environments in the universe. He is also a Global Science Coordinator for the Earth-Life Science Institute's Origins Network at the Tokyo Institute for Technology and a co-founder of YHouse, Inc. He received his B.Sc. in Physics from Durham University in the UK, and his PhD in Astronomy from the University of Cambridge. His Life, Unbounded blog at Scientific American has been described as one of the "hottest science blogs", with an annual readership of over 400,000. His popular science book, The Copernicus Complex, was The Times of London's 'Science book of the year', and long-listed for the 2015 PEN/E.O. Wilson award. Together with 'Gravity's Engines', his works have been widely praised and listed as 'top reads' by Barnes and Noble, New Scientist, NBC News, and more. He has written for The New York Times, LA Times, Nature, WIRED, The New Yorker, Nautilus, and many other publications.
- Gravity's Engines: How Bubble-Blowing Black Holes Rule Galaxies, Stars, and Life in the Cosmos (2012) Book
- The Copernicus Complex: Our Cosmic Significance in a Universe of Planets and Probabilities (2014) Book
- The Ascent of Information: Books, Bits, Genes, Machines, and Life's Unending Algorithm (2021) Book
- Extrasolar Planets and Astrobiology (2008) Book
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