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020 $a9783642131950 (hdbk. : acid-free paper)
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050 00 $aQB54$b.S418 2011
082 04 $a576.839$223
245 00 $aSearching for extraterrestrial intelligence :$bSETI past, present, and future /$cH. Paul Shuch, editor.
260 $aBerlin ;$aHeidelberg ;$aNew York :$bSpringer ;$aChichester :$bPraxis Pub.,$cc2011.
300 $axxi, 538 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aThe Frontiers Collection,$x1612-3018
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aA half-century of SETI science / H. Paul Shuch -- Project Ozma: the birth of observational SETI / H. Paul Shuch -- Project Cyclops: the greatest radio telescope never built / Robert Dixon -- "Wow!", a tantalizing candidate / Jerry Ehman -- SETI: the NASA years / John Billingham -- From HRMS to Phoenix: Up from the ashes / Peter Backus -- SERENDIP: the Berkeley SETI program / Stuart Bowyer -- Millions and billions of channels / Darren Leigh and Paul Horowitz -- ATA: a cyclops for the 21st century / Jill Tarter -- Optical SETI: Moving toward the light / Stuart Kingsley and Monte Ross -- Distributed processing of SETI data / Eric Korpela -- Project Argus: pursuing amateur all-sky SETI / H. Paul Shuch -- Gravitational lensing extends SETI range / Richard Factor -- Detection algorithms: FFT vs. KLT / Claudio Maccone -- Implementing the KLT / Stelio Montebugnoli -- A sentry on the universe / Robert Dixon -- Pondering the Fermi paradox / Stephen Webb -- Focusing the galactic internet / Claudio Maccone -- SETI in science fiction / Stephen Baxter -- What's past is prologue: future messages of cosmic evolution / Doug Vakoch -- METI: Messaging to extraterrestrial intelligence / Alexander Zaitsev -- A contrarian perspective on altruism / David Brin -- L: how long do they last? / Seth Shostak -- What will they look like? / Jack Cohen -- Being Technological / Kathryn Denning -- After contact, then what? / Albert Harrison.
520 $aThis book is a collection of essays written by those who have led, and continue to lead, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. It reviews the history of the subject, details present-day science and technology, and looks ahead to the future--$cSource other than Library of Congress.
610 20 $aSearch for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Study group : U.S.)
650 0 $aInterstellar communication.
650 0 $aExtraterrestrial beings.
650 0 $aExobiology.
700 1 $aShuch, H. Paul.
830 0 $aFrontiers collection.