"Are We Alone in the Cosmos? presents our latest efforts to communicate with our galactic neighbors, through radioastronomy and other means, while investigating terrestrial life forms to answer the questions: what constitutes a living organism, and what constitutes non-human intelligence? It also presents information that allows readers to become part of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence themselves, via the Internet's SETI At Home site." - Inside dusk jacket.
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ISBN:9780965014526 (hardcover)
Physical Description:print 354 p. : ill (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Edition:First ibooks, inc. printing
Publisher:New York : ibooksm 1999.
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Formatted Contents Note:
Preface / Howard Zimmerman -- Introduction / Donald Goldsmith -- Chapter One: Life in the Universe -- Surveying the Cosmos / Ben Bova -- Terrestrial Intelligence / Isaac Asimov -- The Dolphin: A Nonterrestrial Intelligence / Diana Reiss -- Alternative Life Designs / Hal Clement -- Chapter Two: SETI through the Ages -- E.T.: Phone Aristotle! / Thomas R. McDonough -- "A Martian Odyssey" - Fiction / Stanley G. Weinbaum -- Chapter Three: Searching the cosmis haystack for ETI -- Looking for Extrasolar Planets / David Latham -- Postscript to Latham / William R. Alschuler -- The Drake Equation: A Reappraisal / Frank Drake -- Mystery of the Great Silence / David Brin -- Chapter four: tuning in--where to look and listen -- Where and What Can We See? / Michael J. Klein -- The Future of SETI / Thomas Van Horne -- Alien Technology / reGregory Benford -- Chapter five: SETI in action -- The Hunt Is On / Michael Papagiannis -- Postscript to Papagiannis / Kent Cullers -- The Harvard SETI Search / Paul Horowitz and William R. Alschuler -- Individual Involvement / D. Kent Cullers and William R. Alschuler -- Chapter six: searching closer to home -- Looking for Life in the Solar System / William R. Alschuler -- Chapter Seven: first contact--seizing the moment -- A Unique Moment in Human History / Michael Michaud -- Chapter eight: the need to know -- Where Are They? / Arthur C. Clarke -- Reflections on the Bigger Picture / Philip Morrison -- Appendix A (For joining the signal search) -- Appendix B (Stars nearer than five parsecs) -- Glossary -- Suggested Reading -- Relevant Organizations -- Contributors.
Summary: "Are We Alone in the Cosmos? presents our latest efforts to communicate with our galactic neighbors, through radioastronomy and other means, while investigating terrestrial life forms to answer the questions: what constitutes a living organism, and what constitutes non-human intelligence? It also presents information that allows readers to become part of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence themselves, via the Internet's SETI At Home site." - Inside dusk jacket.
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