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The great silence : the science and philosophy of Fermi's paradox /
The Great Silence explores the multifaceted problem named after the great Italian physicist Enrico Fermi and his legendary 1950 lunchtime question "Where is everybody?" In many respects, Fermi's paradox is the richest and the most challenging problem for the entire field of astrobiolo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2018]
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements
- Introductory note
- Chapter 1. Introduction: The many faces of Fermi's paradox
- Chapter 2. 'What's past is prologue': cosmological and astrophysical background
- Chapter 3. Speaking prose: realism, naturalism, Copernicanism, non-exclusivity
- Chapter 4. L'Année dernière à Marienbad: solipsist solutions
- Chapter 5. Terra nostra: 'rare Earth' and related solutions
- Chapter 6. At the mountains of madness: neocatastrophic solutions
- Chapter 7. The cities of the red night: logistic solutions
- Chapter 8. The tournament
- Chapter 9. The last challenge for Copernicanism?
- Endnotes
- References
- Index.