Reinventing SETI new directions in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence / John Gertz.
| Author/creator | Gertz, John |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025] |
| Description | x, 229 pages illustrations 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Reinventing Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence |
| Portion of title | New directions in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence |
| Physical medium | illustrations |
| Contents | Fermi's faux paradox -- Reconsidering a sacred cow : the Drake equation -- Standard observational SETI : it's time to move on -- What's there to talk about anyway? -- METI : beyond folly to the stupid, arrogant, delusional, and downright dangerous -- Extraterrestrials hit the road - or not -- There's no place like home -- Extraterrestrials do have a solution : robotic probes -- Humankind is utterly unprepared : how foolish is that! -- Getting Earth's act together by act of treaty. |
| Abstract | "For millennia, humanity has looked up at the sprawling tapestry of stars and wondered what lay beyond. With time, we learned that each star is not a pinprick point in a domed sky, but a massive plasma sphere so far away that the distance becomes incomprehensible to the human mind, measured in light years of millions and billions. This distance invokes crucial questions. Do we share the universe with other intelligent lifeforms? If so, how do we approach the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)? Lastly, do we need to examine our assumptions about extraterrestrial intelligence? 'Reinventing SETI' clears out the cobwebs of outdated or wrongheaded SETI paradigms such as Fermi's Paradox, the Drake Equation, and METI (i.e., proactively sending signals from Earth to putative aliens). It argues that scientists should approach the pursuit of extraterrestrials (ETs) in a more effective manner."--Publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2025007048 |
| ISBN | 9780197800416 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0197800416 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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