Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence : SETI Past, Present, and Future - neues Buch

EAN (ISBN-13): 9783642131967
ISBN (ISBN-10): 3642131964
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Herausgeber: Springer Berlin
320 Seiten
Sprache: eng/Englisch

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ISBN/EAN: 3642131964

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Autor des Buches: shuch, hemmelskamp
Titel des Buches: search, searching for extraterrestrial intelligence, past and present, seti

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Autor/in: H. Paul Shuch
Titel: The Frontiers Collection; Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - SETI Past, Present, and Future
Verlag: Springer; Springer Berlin
542 Seiten
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011-02-14
Berlin; Heidelberg; DE
Sprache: Englisch
53,49 € (DE)
55,00 € (AT)
59,00 CHF (CH)
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EA; E107; eBook; Nonbooks, PBS / Physik, Astronomie/Astronomie; Astronomische Beobachtung: Observatorien, Ausrüstungen und Methoden; Verstehen; Astrobiology; Interstellar Messages; Radio Astronomy; SETI anniversary; SETI essays; Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence; Search for Extraterrestrials; Search for Life in Space; Space Exploration; C; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques; Astrobiology; Signal, Speech and Image Processing; Physics and Astronomy; Astronomie, Raum und Zeit; Biologie, Biowissenschaften; Elektronik; Digitale Signalverarbeitung (DSP); BC

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.

: Pursuing amateur all-sky SETI.- 13 Gravitational lensing extends SETI range.- 14 Detection algorithms: FFT vs. KLT.- 15 Implementing the KLT.- 16 A sentry on the Universe.- 17 Pondering the Fermi Paradox.- Part III: The Spirit of SETI Future.- 18 Focusing the Galactic internet.- 19 SETI in science fiction.- 20 What’s past is prologue: Future messages of cosmic evolution.- 21 METI: Messaging to extraterrestrial intelligence.- 22 A contrarian perspective on altruism.- 23 Where the L are we?.- 24 What will they look like?.- 25 Being technological.- 26 After contact, then what? Epilogue Hungarians as Martians: The truth behind the legend.- Afterword Looking forward.- Index.

Project Ozma Project Cyclops Project Argus

From the reviews:

“This book gives an in-depth overview of the history of SETI … . if you’re interested in Extraterrestrial Intelligence, though not necessarily in radio-astronomy and the specific SETI projects, this book is a good encyclopedia type of book. If you manage to read it all from cover to cover, you’ll be certainly able to impress anyone coming to ask you whether you’ve seen little green men while observing Mars or anyone trying to corner you with questions about aliens.” (Kadri Tinn, AstroMadness.com, September, 2013)

“From October 30 to November 3, 1961, a small group of experts from a wide range of disciplines met in an attempt to estimate the number of technological civilizations in the galaxy. This book is a celebration of that meeting, and it is fitting that its 30 articles are written by experts from diverse fields. … the material is accessible to a lay audience, and the writing is generally clear and engaging. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels.” (T. Barker, Choice, Vol. 49 (4), December, 2011)

“It is fascinating to see how much has changed, and how much hasn’t changed, with the arrival of this hefty tome nearly half a century later. … if you have a serious interest in SETI, this book provides the wide, eye-opening overview that other book lack. A must buy.” (Keith Cooper, Astronomy Now, June, 2011)

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.

The only book that brings together seminal papers on SETI science, each authored by the pre-eminent authority on the topic Reviews the technical aspects of this highly interdisciplinary intellectual pursuit Covers the past, present and future of SETI science Demonstrates why new scientific knowledge, coupled with emerging technologies, promise a positive result within the next half-century Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras