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Waiting for contact : the search for extraterrestrial intelligence / Lawrence Squeri

By: Publisher: Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: x, 233 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780813062143
  • 0813062144
Other title:
  • Search for extraterrestrial intelligence
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QB54 .S693 2016
Contents:
Introduction -- Before SETI : the age of pluralism -- Science fiction and ufology : strange cousins -- The road to SETI : fearing the future -- The 1960s : the quest begins -- The 1960s : the selling of SETI -- Soviet SETI : ET is a communist -- The 1970s : gaining respect -- SETI in NASA : rise and fall -- After NASA : revival, distress, and hope -- Conclusion
Summary: "Imagine a network of extraterrestrials in radio contact with each other across the universe, superior beings who hail from advanced civilizations quadrillions of miles away, just waiting for Earth to tune in. Some people believe it's only a matter of time before we discover the right 'station.' Waiting for Contact tells the story of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) movement, which emerged in 1959 as astronomers began using radio telescopes to listen for messages from space. New technological developments turned what once was speculation into science. Boosted by support from Frank Drake, Philip Morrison, Carl Sagan, and the genre of science fiction, the SETI movement gained followers and continues to capture imaginations today."--Publisher

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-222) and index

Introduction -- Before SETI : the age of pluralism -- Science fiction and ufology : strange cousins -- The road to SETI : fearing the future -- The 1960s : the quest begins -- The 1960s : the selling of SETI -- Soviet SETI : ET is a communist -- The 1970s : gaining respect -- SETI in NASA : rise and fall -- After NASA : revival, distress, and hope -- Conclusion

"Imagine a network of extraterrestrials in radio contact with each other across the universe, superior beings who hail from advanced civilizations quadrillions of miles away, just waiting for Earth to tune in. Some people believe it's only a matter of time before we discover the right 'station.' Waiting for Contact tells the story of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) movement, which emerged in 1959 as astronomers began using radio telescopes to listen for messages from space. New technological developments turned what once was speculation into science. Boosted by support from Frank Drake, Philip Morrison, Carl Sagan, and the genre of science fiction, the SETI movement gained followers and continues to capture imaginations today."--Publisher

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