Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Out of Print
If extraterrestrial intelligence exists, then positive detection would be the greatest scientific discovery of all time. By what criteria should we judge whether we are alone in the cosmos, and how should we set about detecting extraterrestrials? Jean Heidmann answers these questions in this engaging discussion of extraterrestrial intelligence. Through a clear explanation of the many issues involved, including new and updated information, the entire subject of extraterrestrial intelligence is explained: the expansion of searches in space, the habitable zones in our universe, and what might happen if actual contact takes place.
Reviews & endorsements
"Aimed at the general public, it succinctly covers all the important aspects of the field...Heidmann writes in a lucid, agreeable personal style." Nature
Product details
April 1997Paperback
9780521585637
268 pages
217 × 138 × 18 mm
0.654kg
Unavailable - out of print
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I. The Bioastronomical Prospect:
- 1. The cosmic stage
- 2. The organic stage
- 3. The prebiotic stage
- 4. The primitive biological stage
- Part II. Extraterrestrials:
- 5. Intelligence
- 6. The SETI Pioneers
- 7. Why use radio waves?
- 8. NASA takes up the challenge
- 9. False alarms
- 10. The expansion of SETI
- 11. Habitable zones in the universe
- 12. The day we make contact
- 13. The new world of SETI
- 14. SETI in the twenty-first century
- 15. Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index.
