Contact with alien civilizations [electronic resource] : our hopes and fears about encountering extraterrestrials / Michael A.G. Michaud.
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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 460 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 378-449) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780387686189 0387686185 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |