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Science, SETI and mathematics /
Mathematics is as much a part of our humanity as music and art. And it is our mathematics that might be understandable, even familiar, to a distant race and might provide the basis for mutual communication. This book discusses, in a conversational way, the role of mathematics in the search for extra...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 100 | 1 | |a DeVito, Carl L., |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Science, SETI and mathematics / |c Carl L. DeVito. |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
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| 505 | 0 | |a Preface; Chapter 1 -- Where Are We?; Chapter 2 -- Naïve Questions; Chapter 3 -- Are We Special?; Chapter 4 -- Stories-Part One; Chapter 5 -- Measuring Our Solar Neighborhood; Chapter 6 -- The Scotsman; Chapter 7 -- The Birth of SETI; Chapter 8 -- The Conference at Green Bank; Chapter 9 -- Stories-Part Two; Chapter 10 -- Talking to E.T.; Chaper 11 -- Languages; Chapter 12 -- Paradoxes; Chapter 13 -- The Universal Science; Chapter 14 -- The Special Theory of Relativity; Chapter 15 -- The General Theory of Relativity; Chapter 16 -- The University of Colorado Study; Chapter 17 -- Surprise! | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Chapter 18 -- EpilogueAppendix I -- Infinite Sets; Appendix II -- Mars; Appendix III -- The DeVito-Oehrle Language; Bibliography; Index. | |
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