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- Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CETI)
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: State University of New York Press
summary
Highlights the most recent developments in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), and advocates a diverse range of approaches to make SETI increasingly more powerful and effective in the years to come. In April 2010, fifty years to the month after the first experiment in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), scholars from a range of disciplines—including astronomy, mathematics, anthropology, history, and cognitive science—gathered at NASA’s biennial Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) for a series of sessions on the search for intelligent life. This book highlights the most recent developments in SETI discussed at that conference, emphasizing the ways that SETI has grown since its inception. The volume covers three broad themes: First, leading researchers examine the latest developments in observational SETI programs, as well as innovative proposals for new search strategies and novel approaches to signal processing. Second, both proponents and opponents of “Active SETI” debate whether humankind should be transmitting intentional signals to other possible civilizations, rather than only listening. Third, constructive proposals for interstellar messages are juxtaposed with critiques that ask whether any meaningful exchange is possible with an independently evolved civilization, given the constraints of contact at interstellar distances, where a round-trip exchange could take centuries or millennia.
As we reflect on a half-century of SETI research, we are reminded of the expansion of search programs made possible by technological and conceptual advances. In this spirit of ongoing exploration, the contributors to this book advocate a diverse range of approaches to make SETI increasingly more powerful and effective, as we embark on the next half-century of searching for intelligence beyond Earth.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xvii-xviii
- Part I: Latest Advances in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)
- 9. Harvard’s Advanced All-sky Optical SETI
- pp. 125-135
- 10. The OZ OSETI Project
- pp. 137-144
- 15. Understanding the Search Space for SETI
- pp. 223-234
- Part II: Active SETI: Should We Transmit?
- 16. Unpacking the Great Transmission Debate
- pp. 237-252
- 21. SETI and International Radio Law
- pp. 333-340
- Part III: Interstellar Message Construction: Can We Make Ourselves Understood?
- 23. Limits on Interstellar Messages
- pp. 357-369
- 27. Processes in Lingua Cosmica
- pp. 413-418
- 28. Testing SETI Message Designs
- pp. 419-423
- 30. On the Universality of Human Mathematics
- pp. 439-448
- Index [Includes Back Cover]
- pp. 487-500
Additional Information
ISBN
9781438437958
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
719450922
Pages
518
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No