The eerie silence, renewing our search for alien intelligence, Paul Davies
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The eerie silence, renewing our search for alien intelligence, Paul Davies
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-230) and index
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index present
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non fiction
Main title
The eerie silence
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432986059
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Paul Davies
Sub title
renewing our search for alien intelligence
Summary
In this mind-expanding book, Paul Davies, astrobiologist and chairman of the SETI Post-Detection Taskgroup and, refocuses the search, challenging existing ideas of what form an alien intelligence might take, how it might try to communicate with us, and how we should respond if it does
Table Of Contents
Is anybody out there? -- Life : freak side-show or cosmic imperative? -- A shadow biosphere -- How much intelligence is out there? -- New SETI : widening the search -- Evidence for a galactic diaspora -- Alien magic -- Post-biological intelligence -- First contact -- Who speaks for Earth? -- Appendix. A brief history of SETI
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