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050 00 $aQB54$b.E947 1985
245 00 $aExtraterrestrials :$bscience and alien intelligence /$cedited by Edward Regis, Jr.
260 0 $aCambridge [Cambridgeshire] ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c1985.
300 $ax, 278 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographies and index.
505 00 $gOverview --$tExtraterrestrial intelligent life /$rLewis White Beck --$gExistence and nature of extraterrestrial intelligence --$tProbability of extraterrestrial intelligent life /$rErnst Mayr --$tETI without intelligence /$rDavid M. Raup --$tIs rape wrong on Andromeda? An introduction to extraterrestrial evolution, science, and morality /$rMichael Ruse --$gExtraterrestrial epistemology --$tExtraterrestrial science /$rNicholas Rescher --$tWhy intelligent aliens will be intelligible /$rMarvin Minsky --$gWhere are they? --$tExtraterrestrial intelligent beings do not exist /$rFrank J. Tipler --$tSolipsist approach to extraterrestrial intelligence /$rCarl Sagan & William I. Newman --$gDetectability and decipherability --$tSearching for extraterrestrials /$rJill Tarter --$tExtraterrestrial communication: a cryptologic perspective /$rCipher A. Deavours --$tExcerpts from LINCOS: Design of a language for cosmic intercourse /$rHans Freudenthal --$gMeaning and consequences of contact --$tSETI debunked /$rEdward Regis --$tMartians and morals: How to treat an alien /$rJan Narveson --$tR.S.V.P. -- A story /$rRobert Nozick.
520 $aWith current interest in extraterrestrials at a peak, this book is a collection of original and reprinted articles advancing the latest scientific ideas as to the possible existence and nature of extraterrestrial intelligent life. Usually this subject is treated only in popular media, such as science fiction novels, movies, and television. Recently, however, scientists and researchers have begun to consider in earnest whether extraterrestrials really exist, whether they have evolved from simpler forms of life, whether they have evolved intelligence, and if so whether their modes of understanding the world are comparable to and congruent with our own. The contributors to this volume cover these topics, and also consider how we might communicate with aliens, and whether we would be able to understand the alien messages we might receive. Finally the authors, who include distinguished scientists, speculate whether the aliens might have a moral code, and what might be our moral obligations in the event any extraterrestrials were ever discovered. ... Publisher description.
650 0 $aLife on other planets.
650 0 $aInterstellar communication.
650 0 $aExtraterrestrial beings.
700 1 $aRegis, Edward,$d1944-
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