Civilized life in the universe : scientists on intelligent extraterrestrials /

In this fascinating history of scientific speculation about intelligent extraterrestrial life from Plutarch to Hawking, Basalla traces the influence of one speculation on the next, showing an unbroken but twisting chain of ideas passed from one scientist to another, and from science to popular cultu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Basalla, George (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Extraterrestrial beings > Research.
Extraterrestres > Recherche.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Discoveries in geography > Public opinion
Outer space > Exploration > Public opinion.
Outer space
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Trio of ideas
  • Life on the Moon
  • From the Moon to the planets
  • The ascension of Mars
  • Percival Lowell: champion of canals
  • Mars unveiled
  • Carl Sagan: Mars and beyond
  • Life in an expanding universe
  • The trajectory: CETI TO SETI TO HRMS
  • Mirror worlds
  • Afterword
  • Sources of quoted material.

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