This book describes a wide variety of speculations by many authors about the consequences for humanity of coming into contact with extraterrestrial intelligence. The assumptions underlying those speculations are examined, and some conclusions are drawn. As necessary background, the book also included brief summaries of the history of thinking about extraterrestrial intelligence, searches for life and for signals, contrasting paradigms of how contact might take place, and the paradox that those paradigms allegedly create.
Table of contents
- Introduction.
- A Belief in Other Minds.
- Searching for Signals.
- Probabilities.
- The Visit Scenario.
- The Paradox.
- Foreseen Consequences.
- Some Assumptions Examined.
- What is Missing.
- Some Conclusions Drawn.
- Annex: Preparing.
- References.
- Bibliographic Essay.
Der Autor
Michael Michaud served as Director of the U.S. Department of State's Office of Advanced Technology, and as Counselor for Science, Technology, and Environment at the American embassies in Paris and Tokyo. He has published forty articles and papers on the implications of possible future contact with extraterrestrial civilizations, as well as a book about the American pro-space movement.
Springer Berlin, 2006, 400 S.
24,56 Euro
Hardcover, w. 50 b&w figs. , 25 duotone ill. and 25 drawings
ISBN: 978-0-387-28598-6
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