Frank White’s theory of the Overview Effect has helped provide astronauts with concepts and language to articulate the profound shift in worldview they experience when viewing the Earth from space and in space. Now, much of the world has adopted this framework in describing our innate interconnectedness. His book, The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution, is considered by many to be a seminal work in the field of space exploration, making him one of the most influential space philosophers of our time.
White is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and a Rhodes Scholar. He earned his M.Phil. in Politics from Oxford University.
He has authored or coauthored 14 books on topics ranging from space exploration to climate change. Planetary Collective’s film, “Overview,” based largely on his work, has had more than 8 million plays on Vimeo. His proposal to establish the “Human Space Program” has now become a “central project to ensure the sustainable, inclusive, and ethical evolution of the Solar Ecosystem.”
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The Overview Effect is an experience of astronauts and other space travelers when they see the Earth from space and in space. Frank White presented this paper at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in October of 2019
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