The search for extraterrestrial intelligence : listening for life in the cosmos
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The search for extraterrestrial intelligence : listening for life in the cosmos
Wiley, c1987
Wiley Science ed
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Bibliography: p. 233-239
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Description
Within the infinite universe there exists the infinite possibility that we are not alone. Since 1959, scientists engaged in the SETI effort (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) have been quietly searching the cosmos for evidence of intelligent life - a discovery that, if made, will be the most dramatic event in human history. However, it is getting harder to detect signals from space - the very technology that makes it possible to detect other civilizations is now clogging the skies with radio pollution from ground-based radio transmitters, spy satellites, and communications satellites. In this intriguing behind-the-scenes view of the search for ET, McDonough reveals recent scientific advances and controversies, battles with the government to get various projects funded, and international projects - particularly those of the Soviets who are years ahead of us in the race to "phone ET".
Table of Contents
- E.T.: Phone Earth!
- Martians and their Friends
- Bug-Eyed Monsters and Little Green Men: In the Beginning
- Planiet Trek: Buck Rogers Seti
- Sputnik and E.T.
- Interstellar Postcards
- Little Green Men and Nobel Prizes
- Darth Vader VS
- E
- T
- The Russians are Looking
- E
- T
- Goes to Harvard
- Beam Me Up, Mr
- Spock
- Are They Here?
- Where Have All The E.T.'s Gone?
- The Final Frontier
- References
- Glossary
- Biography.
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