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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: DeVito, Carl L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2013.
Temas:
Science > Mathematics.
Extraterrestrial beings.
Sciences > Mathématiques.
Extraterrestres.
HISTORY > General.
SCIENCE > General.
Extraterrestrial beings
Science > Mathematics
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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!
  • Chapter 18
  • EpilogueAppendix I
  • Infinite Sets; Appendix II
  • Mars; Appendix III
  • The DeVito-Oehrle Language; Bibliography; Index.

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