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Contact with alien civilizations : our hopes and fears about encountering extraterrestrials
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- Creator
- Michael A.G. Michaud
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Springer, [2007]
- ©2007
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 460 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0387686185, 0387285989, 1441921079, 9786612823688, 9780387285986, 128282368X
- OCLC
- ocm85833213, ocn612393193
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 378-449) and index.
- A belief in other minds -- A new era -- Searching for intelligence -- Sending our own signals -- Probabilities -- Probabilities : the astronomical factors -- Probabilities : life -- Probabilities : intelligence -- Probabilities : civilization, technology, and science -- Probabilities : longevity -- The Drake equation, take two -- Should we continue the search? -- Direct contact -- The UFO controversy -- The Drake equation, take three -- Why don't we see them? -- Reformulating the problem -- Thinking outside the box -- SETI and religion -- The consequences of contact -- Hopes -- Fears -- Dangers -- Mixed emotions --Some assumptions examined -- Before contact -- Assumptions : after contact -- The Drake equation, take four -- What is missing -- Some conclusions drawn -- Paradigm shifts -- The human role -- Annex : preparing