Contact with Alien Civilizations
Subtitle: Our Hopes and Fears about Encountering Extraterrestrials
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781441921079
Subjects: Extraterrestrial beings; Human-alien encounters
Table of contents: title: A belief in other minds; title: A new era; title: Searching for intelligence; title: Sending our own signals; title: Probabilities; title: Probabilities : the astronomical factors; title: Probabilities : life; title: Probabilities : intelligence; title: Probabilities : civilization, technology, and science; title: Probabilities : longevity; title: The Drake equation, take two; title: Should we continue the search?; title: Direct contact; title: The UFO controversy; title: The Drake equation, take three; title: Why don't we see them?; title: Reformulating the problem; title: Thinking outside the box; title: SETI and religion; title: The consequences of contact; title: Hopes; title: Fears; title: Dangers; title: Mixed emotions; title: Some assumptions examined; title: Before contact; title: Assumptions : after contact; title: The Drake equation, take four; title: What is missing; title: Some conclusions drawn; title: Paradigm shifts; title: The human role; title: Annex : preparing.