Contact With Alien Civilizations : Our Hopes and Fears About Encountering Ext...

Description: Contact With Alien Civilizations : Our Hopes and Fears About Encountering Extraterrestrials, Paperback by Michaud, Michael, ISBN 1441921079, ISBN-13 9781441921079, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

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. Th emphasizes the consequences of contact rather than the search, and takes account of popular views. As necessary background, th 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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Book Title: Contact With Alien Civilizations : Our Hopes and Fears About Enco

Number of Pages: Xiv, 466 Pages

Publication Name: Contact with Alien Civilizations : Our Hopes and Fears about Encountering Extraterrestrials

Language: English

Publisher: Springer New York

Subject: Ufos & Extraterrestrials, Physics / Astrophysics, Life Sciences / General, Space Science, Astronomy

Publication Year: 2010

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 25.5 Oz

Item Length: 9.3 in

Subject Area: Body, Mind & Spirit, Science

Author: Michael Michaud

Item Width: 6.1 in

Format: Trade Paperback