Fermi paradox: References & Edit History

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  • Erik Gregersen
    Erik Gregersen is a senior editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica, specializing in the physical sciences and technology. Before joining Britannica in 2007, he worked at the University of Chicago Press on the Astrophysical Journal. Prior to that, he worked at McMaster University on the ODIN radio astronomy satellite project. 

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Add new Web site: National Space Society - The Fermi Paradox. Nov 01, 2026
Add new Web site: CSB and SJU Digital Commons - “Where Is Everybody?” Fermi’s Paradox, Evolution, and Sin (PDF). Sep 19, 2026
Add new Web site: IOPscience - The Astrophysical Journal - The Fermi Paradox Revisited: Technosignatures and the Contact Era. Jul 22, 2026
Add new Web site: Universities of Wisconsin Open Ed Network - Cosmic Origins - The Drake Equation and the Fermi Paradox. Mar 12, 2026
Add new Web site: Cambridge Core - The social science perspective on the Fermi paradox. Jan 16, 2026
Add new Web site: Cambridge Core - The social science perspective on the Fermi paradox. Dec 06, 2025
Add new Web site: Physics LibreTexts - The Fermi Paradox and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life. Sep 12, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Why the Fermi paradox may not be well explained by Wong and Bartlett’s theory of civilization collapse. A Comment on: 'Asymptotic burnout and homeostatic awakening: a p... Aug 02, 2025
Add new Web site: IOPscience - The Astrophysical Journal - The Fermi Paradox Revisited: Technosignatures and the Contact Era (PDF). Jun 21, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Berkeley - Department of Statistics - Fermi Paradox: a simulation solution (PDF). Mar 27, 2025
Add new Web site: CUNY Pressbooks Network - Astrobiology - The Drake Equation and the Fermi Paradox. Jan 30, 2025
Add new Web site: AIP Publishing - Physics Today - The Great Silence: The Science and Philosophy of Fermi's Paradox. Nov 18, 2024
Add new Web site: The Planetary Society - The Fermi Paradox: Where are all the aliens? Sep 27, 2024
Add new Web site: NASA Technical Reports Server - The Fermi Paradox: An Approach Based on Percolation Theory. Sep 21, 2024
Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Interface - Asymptotic burnout and homeostatic awakening: a possible solution to the Fermi paradox? Jul 24, 2024
Add new Web site: The Royal Society of Victoria - Is There Anybody Out There? The Fermi Paradox. May 31, 2024
Add new Web site: SETI Institute - The Fermi Paradox. Apr 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Space.com - Fermi Paradox: Where are the aliens? Mar 04, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Oregon - Cosmology - Fermi's Paradox (i.e. Where are They?). Dec 28, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Oregon - Cosmology - Fermi's Paradox (i.e. Where are They?). Dec 28, 2023
Add new Web site: Live Science - What is the Fermi Paradox? Oct 17, 2023
New article added. Sep 08, 2023
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