Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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- Author: Jean Heidmann
- Translator: Storm Dunlop
- Date Published: November 1995
- availability: Unavailable - out of print
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521453400
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If extraterrestrial intelligence exists, then positive detection of it would be the greatest scientific discovery of all time. By what criteria should we judge if we are alone in the cosmos, and how should we set about detecting extraterrestrials? Jean Heidmann and Strom Dunlop answers these questions in this engaging discussion of extraterrestrial intelligence. The authors shows how planets fit into the hierarchy of the Universe, and discuss prebiotic stages of life, and the emergence of primitive biological life in the solar system. From this base the entire subject of extraterrestrials is explained: techniques and the results of projects, the expansion of searches for extraterrestrials, the habitable zones in our universe, and what might happen if actual contact takes place. This is a lively account, written at a level suitable for general readership.
Read more- Details the quest for extraterrestrial life, from organic molecules in comets, to bacteria on Mars, to possible civilizations situated in other star systems
- A serious, though lively account of the search for life in the cosmos, by a professional in the field
- Positive detection would be the greatest scientific discovery of all time
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- Date Published: November 1995
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521453400
- length: 268 pages
- dimensions: 236 x 158 x 22 mm
- weight: 0.55kg
- contains: 4 b/w illus.
- availability: Unavailable - out of print
Table of Contents
Part I. The Bioastronomical Project:
1. The cosmic stage
2. The organic stage
3. The prebiotic stage
4. The primitive biological stage
Part II. Extreterrestrials:
5. Intelligence
6. The SETI pioneers
7. Why use radio waves?
8. NASA takes up the challenge
9. False alarms
10. The expansion of SETI
11. Habitable zones in the universe
12. The day we make contact
Epilogue.
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