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SETI - Die wissenschaftliche Suche nach außerirdischen Zivilisationen (TELEPOLIS)
dpunkt.verlag 2012; US$ 7.53Hauptbeschreibung Harald Zaun stellt plastisch Geschichte, Stand und Perspektiven der SETI-Forschung dar. Die zahlreichen erdähnlichen Planeten, die die Planetenjäger in den nächsten Dekaden zuhauf aufspüren werden, sind für SETI-Forscher Zielgebiete erster Wahl - die Entdeckung eines ersten Signals könnte vielleicht schon bald Realität werden. ... more...
Total Addiction
Springer 2012; US$ 19.99Seeing a total solar eclipse is often described as a once-in-a-lifetime experience. However, for many who have experienced totality, once-in-a-lifetime is simply not enough. They want more, and are willing to go to great lengths often at great expense to repeat the experience. What is it like to experience totality? What is it about the experience... more...
How Likely is Extraterrestrial Life?
Springer 2012; US$ 39.99What does existing scientific knowledge about physics, chemistry, meteorology and biology tell us about the likelihood of extraterrestrial life and civilizations? And what does the fact that there is currently no credible scientific evidence for the existence of extraterrestrial biospheres or civilizations teach us? This book reviews the various scientific... more...
Civilizations Beyond Earth
Berghahn Books 2011; US$ 70.00Astronomers around the world are pointing their telescopes toward the heavens, searching for signs of intelligent life. If they make contact with an advanced alien civilization, how will humankind respond? In thinking about fi rst contact, the contributors to this volume present new empirical and theoretical research on the societal dimensions of the... more...
First Contact
Simon & Schuster 2011; US$ 16.00Are we alone in the universe? Almost certainly not. In First Contact, Marc Kaufman provides a gripping tour of the magnificent new science of astrobiology that is closing in on the discovery of extraterrestrial life. In recent decades, scientists generally held that the genesis of life was unique to Earth: It was too delicate a process, and the... more...
Visions of Mars
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2011; US$ 40.00Seventeen wide-ranging essays explore the evolving scientific understanding of Mars, and the relationship between that understanding and the role of Mars in literature, the arts and popular culture. Essays in the first section examine different approaches to Mars by scientists and writers Jules Verne and J.H. Rosny. Section Two covers the uses of Mars... more...
Strange New Worlds
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 24.95Soon astronomers expect to find alien Earths by the dozens in orbit around distant suns. Before the decade is out, telltale signs that they harbor life may be found. If they are, the ramifications for all areas of human thought and endeavor--from religion and philosophy to art and biology--will be breathtaking. In Strange New Worlds , renowned astronomer... more...
E.T. Talk
Springer 2010; US$ 27.99Will it be possible to communicate with intelligent extraterrestrial life forms if we find them? How could we establish this communication, where would we begin? What does it mean to say that mathematics is a universal language? How could math be used to communicate with ETs? This book summarizes the work of SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence,... more...
Talking about Life
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 24.00Containing interviews with astronomers, geologists, biologists, and writers, this book will fascinate anyone who has ever wondered 'Are we alone?' more...
The Search for Extraterrestrials
Springer 2009; US$ 23.99Explores the key problems in starting a search for extraterrestrial signals. This book includes the fundamental considerations and the physics of the necessary laser, UV, IR and RF technologies, as well as coding and information theory considerations. more...









