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200 10$aScience, Culture and the Search for Life on Other Worlds /$fby John W. Traphagan
205   $a1st ed. 2016.
210  1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2016.
215   $a1 online resource (170 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a3-319-41744-4 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aScience and Seti -- A Brief History of Imagining Life on other worls -- Science and the Emergence of Seti -- The Culture of Intelligence and the Intelligence of ETI -- Knowledge Production and Extraterrestrial Life -- Science, Culture and the Search for Life on Other Worlds.
330   $aThis book explores humanity?s thoughts and ideas about extraterrestrial life, paying close attention to the ways science and culture interact with one another to create a context of imagination and discovery related to life on other worlds. Despite the recent explosion in our knowledge of other planets and the seeming era of discovery in which we live, to date we have found no concrete evidence that we are not alone. Our thinking about life on other worlds has been and remains the product of a combination of scientific investigation and human imagination shaped by cultural values--particularly values of exploration and discovery connected to American society. The rapid growth in our awareness of other worlds makes this a crucial moment to think about and assess the influence of cultural values on the scientific search for extraterrestrial life. Here the author considers the junction of science and culture with a focus on two main themes: (1) the underlying assumptions, many of which are tacitly based upon cultural values common in American society, that have shaped the ways researchers in astrobiology and SETI have conceptualized the nature of their endeavor and represented ideas about the potential influence contact might have on human civilization, and (2) the empirical evidence we can access as a way of thinking about the social impact that contact with alien intelligence might have for humanity.
606   $aAstronomy
606   $aAnthropology
606   $aAstrobiology
606   $aCultural studies
606   $aScience?Social aspects
606   $aPopular Science in Astronomy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q11009
606   $aAnthropology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X12000
606   $aAstrobiology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22057
606   $aCultural Studies$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22040
606   $aSocietal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P34000
615  0$aAstronomy.
615  0$aAnthropology.
615  0$aAstrobiology.
615  0$aCultural studies.
615  0$aScience?Social aspects.
615 14$aPopular Science in Astronomy.
615 24$aAnthropology.
615 24$aAstrobiology.
615 24$aCultural Studies.
615 24$aSocietal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education.
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700   $aTraphagan$b John W$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0808117
906   $aBOOK
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