“Technology has really won the argument”

BIO Ben Miller

Known in the UK as being one-half of the comedy duo Armstrong and Miller, Ben Miller has appeared in a number of films and TV series. He abandoned a PhD in physics in favour of comedy but his love of science and astronomy remains strong. Having presented an episode of the BBC science series Horizon and written It’s Not Rocket Science, Miller now seeks to chart and explain humankind’s search for alien life.

Although you’ve just written a book about alien life, you’ve got three young children. Has that made you reassess life in general?

I think a new baby makes you reassess a lot of things in your life, from home furnishings right on up to the existence of God. But the reason for writing the book – which was started three or four years ago – was to continue from where I left off with my first book, It’s Not Rocket Science.

I found that I was fascinated by biology and the