Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: SETI Past, Present, and Future

by H. Paul Shuch

This book is a collection of essays written by the very scientists and engineers who have led, and continue to lead, the scientific quest known as SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Divided into three parts, the first section, ‘The Spirit of SETI Past’, written by the surviving pioneers of this then emerging discipline, reviews the major projects undertaken during the first 50 years of SETI science and the results of that research. In the second section, ‘The Spirit of SETI Present’, the present-day science and technology is discussed in detail, providing the technical background to contemporary SETI instruments, experiments, and analytical techniques, including the processing of the received signals to extract potential alien communications. In the third and final section, ‘The Spirit of SETI Future’, the book looks ahead to the possible directions that SETI will take in the next 50 years, addressing such important topics as interstellar message construction, the risks and assumptions of interstellar communications, when we might make contact, what aliens might look like and what is likely to happen in the aftermath of such a contact.

Genres: Science

564 pages, Hardcover

First published January 10, 2011

Reviews

[Luis Brudna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excelente livro para quem está interessado em saber mais sobre a busca por vida inteligente fora da Terra.
Por ser bem detalhado não indico para quem quer uma leitura rápida sobre o assunto. (li o livro em inglês)