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Extraterrestrial intelligence : the search, the science, the significance

Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University | 2020

The search for extraterrestrial intelligence is one of the most inspiring modern scientific endeavors because of the profound impact that a positive detection would have on humanity. A literature review highlighted that there are several challen[...]

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Enduring quests, daring visions : NASA astrophysics in the next three decades

[S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 2013

In March 2013, the NASA Advisory Council/Science Committee assembled a group of astronomers who would determine the goals and aims of NASA for the next 30 years. The roadmap first notes three defining questions NASA should continue to pursue: A[...]

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Alien life imagined : Communicating the science and culture of Astrobiology /

Mark Brake, Author | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2012

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Bioethical considerations and property rights issues associated with the discovery of extraterrestrial biological entities : implications for political policy in the context of future studies

William Robert Kramer, Author | Manoa (United States) : University of Hawaii | 2012

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Searching for extraterrestrial intelligence : SETI past, present, and future /

H. Paul Shuch, Editor | New York : Springer Science and Business Media | Frontiers collection | 2011

This book is a collection of essays written by those who have led, and continue to lead, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. It reviews the history of the subject, details present-day science and technology, and looks ahead to the future--

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The eerie silence : are we alone in the universe

Paul Davies | [S.l.] : Allen Lane | 2010

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The eerie silence : are we alone in the universe

Paul Davies | [S.l.] : Allen Lane | 2010

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The search for life continued : planets around other stars

Barrie William Jones | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy | 2008

At present we have evidence only of life on Earth. New instruments and techniques are being developed not only to detect exoplanetary systems but that are also capable of analyzing the environments on discovered exoplanets to tell us whether a [...]

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Intelligent life in the universe : from common origins to the future of humanity

P. Ulmschneider | New York, NY : Springer | Advances in astrobiology and biogeophysics | 2003

This book adresses the origins, development and fate of extraterrestrial intelligent life in the universe.The author presents a wide-ranging analysis of the type of knowledge that can be inferred about extraterrestrial intelligent societies from[...]

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If the universe is teeming with Aliens? Where is everybody? : fifty solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the problem of extraterrestrial life

Stephen Webb | New York ; London ; Chichester : Springer-Praxis | 2002

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Mars Express : Europe goes to Mars

Bruce Battrick, Editor | [S.l.] : European Space Agency | ESA BR | 2001

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Concepts and approaches for Mars exploration : part 2

[S.l.] : Lunar and Planetary Institute | LPI Contribution | 2000

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The extraterrestrial life debate, 1750-1900

Michael J. Crowe | [S.l.] : Dover Publications | 1999

First in-depth study in English of the international debate that developed between 1750 and 1900 concerning the existence of extraterrestrial life, a problem that engaged an extraordinary variety of Western thinkers across the spectrum of intell[...]

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Phantom quest : the search for extraterrestrials

Eitan Weinreich | [S.l.] : National Geographic Society | 1999

Are we alone? Is anybody out there? Meet the scientists of SETI the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence who monitor the radio waves of deep space for signs of intelligent life. Discover why scientists agree that life as we know it can exist[...]

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After contact : the human response to extraterrestrial life

Albert A. Harrison | [S.l.] : Plenum Trade | 1997

What if there were life on other planets? What if this life were intelligent, capable of communicating, and had evolved into a complex society? What if contact were somehow made with this extraterrestrial intelligence? These are the questions th[...]

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Astronomical and biochemical origins and the search for life in the universe : proceedings of the fifth International Conference on Bioastronomy, IAU Colloquium No. 161 (Capri, July 1-5, 1996)

Cristiano Cosmovici, Editor ; Stuart Bowyer, Editor ; Dan Werthimer, Editor | [S.l.] : Editrice Compositori | 1997

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The biological universe : the twentieth-century extraterrestrial life debate and the limits of science

Steven J. Dick | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 1996

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International Lunar Farside Observatory and Science Station (ILFOSS)

Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University | 1993

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Flying saucers : a modern myth of things seen in the sky

Carl Gustav Jung | New York : Routledge | 1959

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