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Book Description
In Beyond Contact: A Guide to SETI and Communicating
with Alien Civilizations, author Brian McConnell examines what goes
into the search for intelligent life in space. The book explains the
science and technology behind the search, from the physics of inter-stellar
laser and radio communication, to information theory and linguistics.
If you've ever wondered whether it really would be possible to communicate
with other civilizations, read this book.
The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia
This encyclopedia covers much more than its title suggests. You'll
find subjects involving everything from religion to history to science
--- and it's all related somehow to the possibility of life on other
planets. This is a comprehensive work, yet I find it somewhat entertaining,
too. The latest facts available regarding SETI, Area 51, the Roswell
Crash of 1947, the Hubble Telescope, and too many other subjects to
mention here are all presented in condensed, yet concise form in this
book. The author also covers science fiction topics and theories as
well as science. And it's perfect for the beginner or the trained professional.
Charts, photos, illustrations, and cross references make it even more
reader friendly. Reader review by Mike Sevilli
THE WORLD'S LEADING SCIENTISTS CONFRONT THE ULTIMATE QUESTION: ARE WE ALONE IN THE COSMOS?
Featuring Essays by: Philip Morrison, Arthur C. Clarke, Donald Goldsmith, Frank Drake, Bruce Campbell, and Ben Bova.<
Never before has so much time and concetrated effort been spent by so many scientists and writers in pursuit of the answer to this fundamental question. In this extraordinary work, major scientists involved in the Search for extraterrestrial intelligence known as SETI explain their work and reveal their thoughts. Joining them are some of the best speculative thinkers, from Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov to Gregory Benford, who address the major philosophical questions involved.
Professor Harrison's treatment of this topic was excellent and the book was really fun to read! As a psychology student I really enjoyed this book, not because I'm a fan of SciFi, (I am), but because Harrison's points are so well supported and tied in to existing research in psychology and many other fields. By the end of the book, you start to think you'd want Al Harrison to be on the team that made first contact with ET. (I wonder if the writers of the movie Sphere where aware of this book.) Harrison's After Contact made me consider many practical aspects of contact with intelligent life from another world. Even as a long time Star Trek and Sci Fi fan, this book was full of new and facinating ideas to consider, all the more facinating because the decisions outlined in the book that we'd need to make regarding contact are real. Bravo
Here Be Dragons: The Scientific Quest for Extraterrestrial Life
What I especially liked about Here Be Dragons was how every chapter
was interesting. Beginning with "Origins," about possible habitats for
life from scum ponds to interstellar dust clouds to deep sea ocean vents
in Chapter 2 to the evolution of solar systems in Chapter 4 to the search
for life beyond the sun, the SETI experience, the UFO phenomena (in
a chapter entitled "Dreamland") to the possibility of non carbon-based
life in Chapter 9: "Exotica: Life as We Don't Know It," the text is
lively. (Chapter 3 is about "The Incredible Shrinking Martians" who
have, alas, lost their canals and greenery.)
Reader review by Dennis Littrell
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