Contact with alien civilizations: our hopes and fears about encountering extraterrestrials

This book describes a wide variety of speculations by many authors about the consequences for humanity of coming into contact with extraterrestrial intelligence. The assumptions underlying those speculations are examined, and some conclusions are drawn. As necessary background, the book also include...

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Autor principal: Michaud, Michael
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: Springer 2007
Materias:
Astrophysics and Astronomy
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68618-9
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description This book describes a wide variety of speculations by many authors about the consequences for humanity of coming into contact with extraterrestrial intelligence. The assumptions underlying those speculations are examined, and some conclusions are drawn. As necessary background, the book also includes brief summaries of the history of thinking about extraterrestrial intelligence, searches for life and for signals, contrasting paradigms of how contact might take place, and the paradox that those paradigms allegedly create.
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Contact with alien civilizations: our hopes and fears about encountering extraterrestrials
title Contact with alien civilizations: our hopes and fears about encountering extraterrestrials
title_full Contact with alien civilizations: our hopes and fears about encountering extraterrestrials
title_fullStr Contact with alien civilizations: our hopes and fears about encountering extraterrestrials
title_full_unstemmed Contact with alien civilizations: our hopes and fears about encountering extraterrestrials
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