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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

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 | Cham : Springer | 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--

The eerie silence : renewing our search for alien intelligence

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

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 [...]

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[...]

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

Stephen Webb | Cham : Springer, Published in association with Praxis Publishing | 2002

Mars Express : Europe goes to Mars

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

Concepts and approaches for Mars exploration : part 2

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

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[...]

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[...]

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

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

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

International Lunar Farside Observatory and Science Station (ILFOSS)

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

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We are not alone : the continuing search for extraterrestial intelligence

Walter Sullivan, Author | New York : Dutton | 1993

Provides an authoritative account of all that we know and have done to search for intelligent life beyond Earth. 1. Spheres within Spheres --2. Science Reborn --3. Is Our Universe Unique? --4. Seeking Other Suns --5. The Solar System: Exception[...]

The SETI factor : how the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is changing our view of the universe and ourselves

Frank White, Author | New York : Walker | 1990

The year 1990 marks the 30th anniversary of the federally funded Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) program. This has spawned a number of books on the topic, including First Contact: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence , ed[...]