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The Alien Communication Handbook : so we received a signal -- now what? / / Brian S. McConnell
| The Alien Communication Handbook : so we received a signal -- now what? / / Brian S. McConnell |
| Autore | McConnell Brian S. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 pages) |
| Disciplina | 384.5 |
| Collana | Astronomers' universe |
| Soggetto topico | Interstellar communication |
| ISBN | 3-030-74845-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1: C-Day -- What Happens if SETI Succeeds? -- How Many Alien Civilizations Are out There? -- The Drake Equation -- L (And Other Unknown Unknowns) -- What Are the Odds of Detecting a Signal from another Civilization? -- There Is Nobody out there (there Never Was or they Are all Dead) -- They Are Not Transmitting Signals or Emitting Technosignatures -- They Are Selectively Targeting their Transmissions -- Their Transmissions Are Intermittent -- They Are Not Aware of our Presence Yet -- They Are Using Other Methods of Communication -- How Will Society Respond to Contact? -- The Rio Scale -- Planetary Biosignatures -- Microbial Fossils -- Active Microbial Life -- Macroscopic Fossils -- Macroscopic Life -- Planetary Technosignatures -- Animal Communication Breakthroughs -- Beamed Propulsion Signals -- Engineered Signals -- Engineered Artifacts -- Robotic Probes -- Crewed Vehicles -- A Primer for Policymakers -- Understanding the Type of Contact -- Technosignatures without Communication -- Passive Technosignatures -- Active Technosignatures -- Technosignatures with Communication -- The Risks of Contact -- Social Disruption/Culture Shock -- Misinformation and Bad Actors -- State Competition and Information Warfare -- Unintentional Consequences of Technological Knowledge Transfer -- Intellectual Property Rights and Law -- Regulating the Transmission of Outbound Signals (METI) -- Competition to Intercept Inscribed Matter Probes -- Artificially Intelligent Programs or Agents -- References -- 2: The Limits of Communication -- Prerequisites for Interstellar Communication -- Incentives for Interstellar Communication -- Intelligence -- Observables -- Symbolic Communication -- Interaction -- Multiple Paths to Comprehension -- 3: Animal Communication -- What's in a Language? -- Information Theory and the Structure of Language.
Symbol Frequency -- Zipf's Law -- The Distribution of Meaning -- The Law of Abbreviation -- Recursion -- Comparing Animal Communication Systems -- Selected Examples of Animal Communication -- Ants -- Bees -- Prairie Dogs -- How Might a Communication Engineer Approach Animal Communication? -- Step 1: Identifying which Animal Is Vocalizing -- Step 2: Identifying the Basic Elements of an Animal's Calls -- Step 3: Building a List of Possible Utterances or Phonemes -- Step 4: Measuring Frequency of Use -- Step 5: Assigning Meaning to Words and Phrases -- Step 6: Building a Recognizer or Crude Translator -- Step 7: Interactive Experiments -- Step 8: Two-Way Communication Experiments -- Applying these Techniques to SETI -- The Limitations of Animal Communication as a SETI Analog -- Interactivity -- Intent -- Constructed Languages (Conlangs) -- References -- 4: A Timeline of Events -- Signal or Technosignature Detection -- Signal Analysis and Demodulation -- One-Way Communication -- Deciding whether to Respond -- Transmitting a Response -- Two-Way Communication Begins -- References -- 5: Information Delivery (Carriers) -- Electromagnetic Radiation -- Inscribed Matter -- Gravitational Radiation -- Other Carriers -- Reference -- 6: Modulation -- Radio Signals -- Amplitude Modulation -- Pulse Width Modulation -- Pulse Interval Modulation -- Frequency Modulation -- Phase Modulation -- Optical Signals -- Pulse Length Modulation -- Pulse Interval Modulation -- Wavelength (Color) Multiplexing -- Polarization Modulation -- How Much Information Can ET Transmit? -- Radio/Microwave Communication -- Optical and Infrared Communication (Pulsed Beacons) -- Annual Transmission Capacity -- Inscribed Matter and Artifacts -- Bracewell Probes -- Conclusions -- References -- 7: Lessons from Computing and Communications -- Segmenting Data -- Forward Error Correction. How Much Error Correction Is Enough? -- Building a Tree -- Hinting at Message Structure -- Checklist of Patterns to Look for -- 8: Entropy: Measuring Order and Randomness -- 9: Algorithmic Communication Systems -- ET Basic -- Boolean Arithmetic -- NAND (NOT + AND) -- AND -- NOR (NOT OR) -- OR -- NOT -- Math Operations -- Memory (Variables) -- Inter-Program Communication and Input/Output Interfaces -- Inter-Program Communication -- Input/Output Interfaces -- Comparison Operations and Branching -- Modularity and Reuse -- Applying These Concepts to an ET Programming Language -- Lossless Compression Algorithms -- Lossy Decompression Algorithms -- Logic Gate Networks -- The Limits of Computation, AI, and Sentient Messages -- Level 0: Static (Non-interactive) Information -- Level 1: Intelligently Designed Algorithmic Messages -- Level 2: Machine Learning/Specialist AIs -- Level 3: General AI (Sentient Messages) -- Finding and Analyzing Algorithmic Systems -- Checklist of Patterns to Watch for -- References -- 10: Images -- Bitmaps -- Encoding Video on the Voyager Golden Records -- Assisting the Receiver in the Decoding Process -- Color Images -- Image Compression -- Color -- Compression Algorithms -- How Many Images Can ET Send? -- Checklist of Patterns to Watch for -- Planetary Images -- Saturn as Seen by Cassini -- A Jupiter Vista from Juno -- Landscapes -- Green Bank Telescope -- The Great Pyramid of Giza -- Life Forms -- Praying Mantis -- Purple Striped Jellyfish -- Visual Art -- Edward Hopper "Groundswell" (1939) -- Visual Art -- The Tower of Babel (1563) -- 11: Three-Dimensional Images and Models -- Stereoscopic Imagery -- Point Clouds -- Polygon Meshes -- Programmatically Generated Objects -- Checklist of Patterns to Watch for -- 12: Four Dimensions (Video and Simulations) -- Motion Pictures -- Video Compression -- Implicit Compression. Algorithmic Compression -- Simulations -- 13: Sound -- How Much Information Is Needed for Audio? -- Recognizing Audio -- Defining the Time Base -- The Hydrogen Spin-Flip Transition -- Pulsars - A "Standard Bell"? -- Environmental Sounds -- Audio Compression -- 14: Communicating Fundamental Units and Scientific Information -- Time -- Distance -- Mass -- Energy -- Electric Charge -- 15: Semantic Networks and Constructed Languages -- Learning to Parse the Network -- Querying the Network -- What Nodes Is Node X Connected to? -- How Is Node X Related to Node Y? -- Which Nodes Are Most Connected? -- Linking a Semantic Network to Other Media Types -- Turbulence -- Nonlinear Sensitivity (The Butterfly Effect) -- The Limits of Communication -- Building an Interlingua -- Translating an Interlingua into Human Languages -- 16: Genomic Information -- Why Include Genomic Information? -- What Might a Primer Look Like? -- What Could We Learn from Genomic Information? -- Abiogenesis (How Life Started) -- Panspermia -- Convergent Chemical Evolution -- Diverse Genomic Systems -- The Tree of Life and the Formation of Species -- Patterns of Reproduction -- The History of Life on Other Worlds -- Preservation -- 17: The Galactic Internet -- Checklist of Patterns to Watch For -- 18: The Message Analysis and Comprehension Effort -- The Interstellar Communication Relay -- Tier 0: Raw Data Access -- Tier 1: Derived Signal Data -- Tier 2: Demodulated Data Streams -- Tier 3: Structured Data Extraction -- Separation of Concerns -- Initial Analysis and Visualization -- Low-Level Decoding and Collection Extraction -- Media Extraction and Conversion -- N-Dimensional Models -- Algorithmic Communication Systems -- Semantic Networks -- Genomic Information -- Other Data Types and Sensory Modalities (Unknown Unknowns) -- 19: What Could We Learn from Another Civilization?. Virtual Exploration and Experiential Communication -- Art and Culture -- The History of Life on Other Worlds -- Astronomical Surveys -- Deep Time Views of Earth and Human Civilization -- Reference -- Recommended Reading -- Exercises and Sample Problems -- Selected Books, Essays, and Other Materials -- Research Tools -- Index. |
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The Alien Communication Handbook : so we received a signal -- now what? / / Brian S. McConnell
| The Alien Communication Handbook : so we received a signal -- now what? / / Brian S. McConnell |
| Autore | McConnell Brian S. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 pages) |
| Disciplina | 384.5 |
| Collana | Astronomers' universe |
| Soggetto topico | Interstellar communication |
| ISBN | 3-030-74845-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1: C-Day -- What Happens if SETI Succeeds? -- How Many Alien Civilizations Are out There? -- The Drake Equation -- L (And Other Unknown Unknowns) -- What Are the Odds of Detecting a Signal from another Civilization? -- There Is Nobody out there (there Never Was or they Are all Dead) -- They Are Not Transmitting Signals or Emitting Technosignatures -- They Are Selectively Targeting their Transmissions -- Their Transmissions Are Intermittent -- They Are Not Aware of our Presence Yet -- They Are Using Other Methods of Communication -- How Will Society Respond to Contact? -- The Rio Scale -- Planetary Biosignatures -- Microbial Fossils -- Active Microbial Life -- Macroscopic Fossils -- Macroscopic Life -- Planetary Technosignatures -- Animal Communication Breakthroughs -- Beamed Propulsion Signals -- Engineered Signals -- Engineered Artifacts -- Robotic Probes -- Crewed Vehicles -- A Primer for Policymakers -- Understanding the Type of Contact -- Technosignatures without Communication -- Passive Technosignatures -- Active Technosignatures -- Technosignatures with Communication -- The Risks of Contact -- Social Disruption/Culture Shock -- Misinformation and Bad Actors -- State Competition and Information Warfare -- Unintentional Consequences of Technological Knowledge Transfer -- Intellectual Property Rights and Law -- Regulating the Transmission of Outbound Signals (METI) -- Competition to Intercept Inscribed Matter Probes -- Artificially Intelligent Programs or Agents -- References -- 2: The Limits of Communication -- Prerequisites for Interstellar Communication -- Incentives for Interstellar Communication -- Intelligence -- Observables -- Symbolic Communication -- Interaction -- Multiple Paths to Comprehension -- 3: Animal Communication -- What's in a Language? -- Information Theory and the Structure of Language.
Symbol Frequency -- Zipf's Law -- The Distribution of Meaning -- The Law of Abbreviation -- Recursion -- Comparing Animal Communication Systems -- Selected Examples of Animal Communication -- Ants -- Bees -- Prairie Dogs -- How Might a Communication Engineer Approach Animal Communication? -- Step 1: Identifying which Animal Is Vocalizing -- Step 2: Identifying the Basic Elements of an Animal's Calls -- Step 3: Building a List of Possible Utterances or Phonemes -- Step 4: Measuring Frequency of Use -- Step 5: Assigning Meaning to Words and Phrases -- Step 6: Building a Recognizer or Crude Translator -- Step 7: Interactive Experiments -- Step 8: Two-Way Communication Experiments -- Applying these Techniques to SETI -- The Limitations of Animal Communication as a SETI Analog -- Interactivity -- Intent -- Constructed Languages (Conlangs) -- References -- 4: A Timeline of Events -- Signal or Technosignature Detection -- Signal Analysis and Demodulation -- One-Way Communication -- Deciding whether to Respond -- Transmitting a Response -- Two-Way Communication Begins -- References -- 5: Information Delivery (Carriers) -- Electromagnetic Radiation -- Inscribed Matter -- Gravitational Radiation -- Other Carriers -- Reference -- 6: Modulation -- Radio Signals -- Amplitude Modulation -- Pulse Width Modulation -- Pulse Interval Modulation -- Frequency Modulation -- Phase Modulation -- Optical Signals -- Pulse Length Modulation -- Pulse Interval Modulation -- Wavelength (Color) Multiplexing -- Polarization Modulation -- How Much Information Can ET Transmit? -- Radio/Microwave Communication -- Optical and Infrared Communication (Pulsed Beacons) -- Annual Transmission Capacity -- Inscribed Matter and Artifacts -- Bracewell Probes -- Conclusions -- References -- 7: Lessons from Computing and Communications -- Segmenting Data -- Forward Error Correction. How Much Error Correction Is Enough? -- Building a Tree -- Hinting at Message Structure -- Checklist of Patterns to Look for -- 8: Entropy: Measuring Order and Randomness -- 9: Algorithmic Communication Systems -- ET Basic -- Boolean Arithmetic -- NAND (NOT + AND) -- AND -- NOR (NOT OR) -- OR -- NOT -- Math Operations -- Memory (Variables) -- Inter-Program Communication and Input/Output Interfaces -- Inter-Program Communication -- Input/Output Interfaces -- Comparison Operations and Branching -- Modularity and Reuse -- Applying These Concepts to an ET Programming Language -- Lossless Compression Algorithms -- Lossy Decompression Algorithms -- Logic Gate Networks -- The Limits of Computation, AI, and Sentient Messages -- Level 0: Static (Non-interactive) Information -- Level 1: Intelligently Designed Algorithmic Messages -- Level 2: Machine Learning/Specialist AIs -- Level 3: General AI (Sentient Messages) -- Finding and Analyzing Algorithmic Systems -- Checklist of Patterns to Watch for -- References -- 10: Images -- Bitmaps -- Encoding Video on the Voyager Golden Records -- Assisting the Receiver in the Decoding Process -- Color Images -- Image Compression -- Color -- Compression Algorithms -- How Many Images Can ET Send? -- Checklist of Patterns to Watch for -- Planetary Images -- Saturn as Seen by Cassini -- A Jupiter Vista from Juno -- Landscapes -- Green Bank Telescope -- The Great Pyramid of Giza -- Life Forms -- Praying Mantis -- Purple Striped Jellyfish -- Visual Art -- Edward Hopper "Groundswell" (1939) -- Visual Art -- The Tower of Babel (1563) -- 11: Three-Dimensional Images and Models -- Stereoscopic Imagery -- Point Clouds -- Polygon Meshes -- Programmatically Generated Objects -- Checklist of Patterns to Watch for -- 12: Four Dimensions (Video and Simulations) -- Motion Pictures -- Video Compression -- Implicit Compression. Algorithmic Compression -- Simulations -- 13: Sound -- How Much Information Is Needed for Audio? -- Recognizing Audio -- Defining the Time Base -- The Hydrogen Spin-Flip Transition -- Pulsars - A "Standard Bell"? -- Environmental Sounds -- Audio Compression -- 14: Communicating Fundamental Units and Scientific Information -- Time -- Distance -- Mass -- Energy -- Electric Charge -- 15: Semantic Networks and Constructed Languages -- Learning to Parse the Network -- Querying the Network -- What Nodes Is Node X Connected to? -- How Is Node X Related to Node Y? -- Which Nodes Are Most Connected? -- Linking a Semantic Network to Other Media Types -- Turbulence -- Nonlinear Sensitivity (The Butterfly Effect) -- The Limits of Communication -- Building an Interlingua -- Translating an Interlingua into Human Languages -- 16: Genomic Information -- Why Include Genomic Information? -- What Might a Primer Look Like? -- What Could We Learn from Genomic Information? -- Abiogenesis (How Life Started) -- Panspermia -- Convergent Chemical Evolution -- Diverse Genomic Systems -- The Tree of Life and the Formation of Species -- Patterns of Reproduction -- The History of Life on Other Worlds -- Preservation -- 17: The Galactic Internet -- Checklist of Patterns to Watch For -- 18: The Message Analysis and Comprehension Effort -- The Interstellar Communication Relay -- Tier 0: Raw Data Access -- Tier 1: Derived Signal Data -- Tier 2: Demodulated Data Streams -- Tier 3: Structured Data Extraction -- Separation of Concerns -- Initial Analysis and Visualization -- Low-Level Decoding and Collection Extraction -- Media Extraction and Conversion -- N-Dimensional Models -- Algorithmic Communication Systems -- Semantic Networks -- Genomic Information -- Other Data Types and Sensory Modalities (Unknown Unknowns) -- 19: What Could We Learn from Another Civilization?. Virtual Exploration and Experiential Communication -- Art and Culture -- The History of Life on Other Worlds -- Astronomical Surveys -- Deep Time Views of Earth and Human Civilization -- Reference -- Recommended Reading -- Exercises and Sample Problems -- Selected Books, Essays, and Other Materials -- Research Tools -- Index. |
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] | ||
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The aliens are coming! : the extraordinary science behind our search for life in the univers / / Ben Miller
| The aliens are coming! : the extraordinary science behind our search for life in the univers / / Ben Miller |
| Autore | Miller Ben <1966-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : The Experiment, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 pages) |
| Disciplina | 576.8/39 |
| Soggetto topico |
Life on other planets
Extraterrestrial beings Interstellar communication |
| ISBN | 1-61519-366-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Extremophiles -- SETI -- Planets -- Universes -- Life -- Humans -- Aliens -- Messages. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910148689603321 |
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Miller Ben <1966->
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| New York, New York : , : The Experiment, , 2016 | ||
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Archaeology, anthropology, and interstellar communication / / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch
| Archaeology, anthropology, and interstellar communication / / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Communications, History Program Office, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxx, 300 pages) : illustrations |
| Collana |
The NASA history series
NASA SP |
| Soggetto topico |
Life on other planets
Extraterrestrial anthropology Interstellar communication Exobiology Archaeoastronomy |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910703444403321 |
| Washington, DC : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Communications, History Program Office, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Communication with extraterrestrial intelligence [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch
| Communication with extraterrestrial intelligence [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (522 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8/39 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | VakochDouglas A |
| Collana | SUNY scholarly conferences |
| Soggetto topico |
Interstellar communication
Life on other planets |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4384-3795-1
1-4416-9234-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461269403321 |
| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Communication with extraterrestrial intelligence [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch
| Communication with extraterrestrial intelligence [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (522 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8/39 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | VakochDouglas A |
| Collana | SUNY scholarly conferences |
| Soggetto topico |
Interstellar communication
Life on other planets |
| ISBN |
1-4384-3795-1
1-4416-9234-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789984803321 |
| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Communication with extraterrestrial intelligence [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch
| Communication with extraterrestrial intelligence [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (522 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8/39 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | VakochDouglas A |
| Collana | SUNY scholarly conferences |
| Soggetto topico |
Interstellar communication
Life on other planets |
| ISBN |
1-4384-3795-1
1-4416-9234-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817092203321 |
| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 | ||
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Extraterrestrial life
| Extraterrestrial life |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : Greenhaven Press/Thomson Gale, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource : color illustration |
| Disciplina | 576.8/39 |
| Collana | Contemporary issues companion Extraterrestrial life |
| Soggetto topico |
Life on other planets
Human-alien encounters Interstellar communication Astronomy & Astrophysics Physical Sciences & Mathematics Astronomical Observatories & Instruments |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Bibliographies. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910708298403321 |
| [Place of publication not identified], : Greenhaven Press/Thomson Gale, 2006 | ||
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The last pictures [[electronic resource] /] / Trevor Paglen
| The last pictures [[electronic resource] /] / Trevor Paglen |
| Autore | Paglen Trevor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Creative Time Books, : Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Disciplina | 709.2 |
| Soggetto topico | Interstellar communication |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-13461-2
9786613807199 0-520-95429-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Introduction: Geographies of Time -- 1. Ancient Aliens -- 2. One Hundred Pictures, Frozen in Time -- 3. One Hundred Pictures -- The Artifact Cover Etching -- Talking Mathematics to Aliens? (Get Real! . . . or Have Fun with Anthropomorphism 101!) -- Putting a Time Capsule in Orbit: What Should It Be Made Of? -- The EchoStar XVI Mission -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Credits |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452765203321 |
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| New York, : Creative Time Books, : Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 | ||
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The search for extraterrestrial intelligence : proceedings of the 2nd SETI-INAF Meeting 2019 / / Stelio Montebugnoli, Andrea Melis, Nicolò Antonietti, editors
| The search for extraterrestrial intelligence : proceedings of the 2nd SETI-INAF Meeting 2019 / / Stelio Montebugnoli, Andrea Melis, Nicolò Antonietti, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (147 pages) |
| Disciplina | 574.999 |
| Collana | Springer Proceedings in Physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Life on other planets
Extrasolar planets Interstellar communication |
| ISBN | 3-030-63806-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- SOC, LOC and Participants -- SOC -- LOC -- Participants -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 KLT, A New Algorithm For SETI -- 1.1 Properties of the KLT -- 1.2 Algorithm -- 1.2.1 Features -- 1.2.2 Eigenvalue Decomposition -- References -- 2 SETI and Temporal Copernicanism -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Is Temporal Copernicanism Well-Defined? -- 2.3 SETI and Temporal Copernicanism -- 2.4 Conclusions -- References -- 3 The Newborn European Astrobiology Institute, a Big Opportunity for Outreach and Education -- 3.1 The Context -- 3.1.1 General Features of the European Astrobiology Institute -- 3.2 The Outreach, Media and Corporate Identity WG -- 3.2.1 Corporate Identity -- 3.3 The Education WG and Sci-Fi Project Team -- 3.3.1 Astrobiology Bingo Game -- 3.3.2 Sci-Fi Anthology -- References -- 4 Cherenkov Telescopes for Optical SETI -- 4.1 A Visionary Common Start -- 4.1.1 The Beginning of High-Energy Astrophysics -- 4.1.2 Searching for Interstellar Communications -- 4.2 The Current Situation -- 4.3 A Promising Future -- References -- 5 Organics on the Rocks: A Cosmic Origin for the Seeds of Life -- 5.1 Dust Thou Art -- 5.2 Making Complex Molecules from Simple Interstellar Ices -- 5.3 Is the Origin of Life Linked to Cosmic Chemistry? -- 5.4 Where Do We Go from Here? -- References -- 6 COGITO in Space -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Conceptual Background of the Project -- 6.3 COGITO in Space in Relation to Previous Interstellar Messages -- 6.4 Code for Interstellar Transmission -- 6.5 Performance at the Dwingeloo Radio Telescope -- 6.6 Conclusions -- References -- 7 SETI Program at the Medicina INAF Radioastronomy Station: Past, Present, Future of PC Based Spectrometers -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.1.1 PC Based Spectrometers of the 90s at the Medicina Radio Astronomical Station.
7.1.2 PC Hardware Evolution of the 2000s -- 7.1.3 New Design Guidelines for PC Based Spectrometers -- 7.2 The Design of the New Spectrometers -- 7.2.1 NewSpec: The First Approach for a New Spectrometer -- 7.2.2 Spectrometer's Design Final Requirements -- 7.2.3 Spectrometer's Hardware Design -- 7.2.4 Spectrometer's Software Design -- 7.3 The New Spectrometer Line -- 7.3.1 First Pilot Project -- 7.3.2 Second Pilot Project -- 7.3.3 The New Final Spectrometers -- 7.3.4 The First Final Project -- 7.3.5 The Second Final Project -- 7.4 Spectrometers Tests -- 7.4.1 Lab Tests -- 7.4.2 SETI Observation Tests -- 7.4.3 NEO Observation Tests -- 7.5 Conclusions -- 7.6 Possible Future Developments -- References -- 8 Moon Farside Protection, Moon Village and PAC (Protected Antipode Circle) -- 8.1 History -- 8.2 The Year 2018 -- 8.3 The Farside Spectrum Still is Not Polluted (in December 2020) Except in the S, X and UHF Bands -- 8.4 Queqiao and Chang'e 4 Communications Bands Above the Moon Farside -- 8.5 COSMOLOGY: Need for Ultra-Low Frequency Radio Astronomy in Space Within the Quiet Cone Above the Moon Farside, I.E. Just at the Lagrangian Point L2, Where Queqiao Is -- 8.6 SETI (Or "Technosignatures", According to NASA's 2018 "New Jargon") -- 8.7 Past and Present Studies About the Moon Farside Protection -- 8.8 Summary About This author's Work to Legally Protecting Radio Astronomy on the Farside and Within the Quiet Cone in the Space Above the Farside -- 8.9 Conclusions: The Moon Village Should Be Located Outside the PAC and Along the 180 Degrees Meridian, Possibly Close to the South Pole -- References -- 9 Exobiolab: Different Life on Different Planets -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Background Information -- 9.2.1 Ingredients to Sustain Life -- 9.2.2 Life on Exoplanets -- 9.2.3 Ecological Limit to Life -- 9.2.4 Mass Versus Gravity -- 9.2.5 Gravitropism. 9.2.6 Biosignatures -- 9.3 The ExobioLaboratory -- 9.3.1 F Star-White Bulb -- 9.3.2 G Star-White-Yellow Bulb -- 9.3.3 K Star-Orange Bulb -- 9.3.4 M Star-Red Bulb -- 9.3.5 Plants on Exoplanets -- 9.4 Other Questions -- 9.4.1 The Future of Our Earth: A New Planet -- 9.4.2 Earth's Primordial Atmophere in Comparison to Other Exoplanets' Atmosphere -- 9.5 Conclusion -- References -- 10 Involvement of the Sardinia Radio Telescope in the Breakthrough Listen Initiatives -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Enhancement of the SRT for the Study of the Universe at High Radio Frequencies -- 10.3 Involvement of the SRT in the BL program -- 10.4 Conclusion and Future Remarks -- References -- 11 SETI Program at the Medicina INAF Radioastronomy Station: Past, Present, Future -- 11.1 Activities at the Medicina Radiotelescopes -- 11.1.1 Past -- 11.1.2 Present -- 11.1.3 Future -- 11.2 Some Considerations -- 11.3 Conclusion -- References -- 12 Searching for Life on Mars: A Brief Summary -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 The Exploration of Mars -- 12.3 The Search for Life -- References -- 13 Getting Ready for the SKA SETI -- 13.1 A New Strategy for SETI Observation and Data Management -- 13.1.1 SKA Sensitivity for SETI -- 13.1.2 Commensal Observation Strategy and AI Computing -- References -- 14 SETI in Rocky Exoplanets: Narrowing the Search with Climate Models -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Thermal Limits of Multicellular Life -- 14.2.1 How Universal Are the Thermal Limits of Terrestrial Life? -- 14.3 Modelling the Surface Temperature of Rocky Exoplanets -- 14.3.1 A Temperature-Dependent Index of Complex-Life Habitability -- 14.3.2 Applications to Studies of Habitability for Complex Life -- 14.4 Conclusions -- References. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996466743103316 |
| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] | ||
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