Communication with extraterrestrial intelligence / / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910957458403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011
• ISBN: 9781438437958; 1438437951; 9781441692344; 1441692347
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (522 p.)
• Collana: SUNY scholarly conferences
• Altri autori (Persone): VakochDouglas A
• Disciplina: 576.8/39
• Soggetti: Interstellar communication; Life on other planets
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Latest Advances in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) -- Exoplanets, Extremophiles, and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence -- Current and Nascent SETI Instruments in the Radio and Optical -- Candidate Identification and Interference Removal in SETI@home -- A New Class of SETI BeaconsThat Contain Information -- Getting the World Actively Involved in SETI Searches -- The Effects of the Ionized Interstellar Medium on Broadband Signals of Extraterrestrial Origin -- The Next Steps in SETI-ITALIA Science and Technology -- Project SAZANKA: Multisite and Multifrequency Simultaneous SETI Observations in Japan -- Harvard's Advanced All-sky Optical SETI -- The OZ OSETI Project -- The New Telescope/Photometer Optical SETI Project of SETI Institute and the Lick Observatory -- Large-Scale Use of Solar Power May Be Visible across Interstellar Distances -- Interstellar Radio Links Enabled by Gravitational Lenses of the Sun and Stars -- Cost Analysis of Space Exploration for an Extraterrestrial Civilization -- Understanding the Search Space for SETI -- Part II. Active SETI: Should We Transmit? -- Unpacking the Great Transmission Debate -- ; Integrating Active and Passive SETI Programs -- Building and Searching for Cost-Optimized Interstellar Beacons -- Seeking Contact -- Pragmatism, Cosmocentrism,and Proportional Consultation for Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence -- SETI and International Radio Law -- What the World Needs Now -- Limits on Interstellar Messages -- Communication among Interstellar Intelligent Species -- The Chemiosmosis Message -- A Proposal for an Interstellar Rosetta Stone -- Processes in Lingua Cosmica -- Testing SETI Message Designs -- The DISC Quotient.; On the Universality of Human Mathematics -- Cognitive Foundations of Interstellar Communication -- Culture, Meaning, and Interstellar Message Construction.
• Sommario/riassunto: Highlights the most recent developments in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), and advocates a diverse range of approaches to make SETI increasingly more powerful and effective in the years to come.