Acknowledgements, preface by author, four appendices, notes, bibliography and index Black coloured boards with silver coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with dark blue coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. In the book the author looks at how the search for extraterrestrial life is changing our view of the universe, and our planet and ourselves. It includes interviews with Isaac Asimov and Carl Sagan. Minor rubbing of the book corners with softening of the back strip. Previous owners name to the top edge of the free front end page. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with remnants of a sticker to be seen to the lower edge of the rear panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [7], VIII - XVI, [1], 250 pages, Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Alien Life; Astronomy. ISBN: 0802711057. ISBN/EAN: 9780802711052. Inventory No: 0291001. Seller Inventory # 0291001

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Title: The Seti Factor; How the Search for ...

Publisher: Walker & Co, New York

Publication Date: 1990

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition.

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Discusses NASA's new SETI project, and speculates on the impact of contacting extraterrestrials or learning that we are probably alone in the universe

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In 1992, NASA's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) goes into high gear, with radio telescopes scanning the skies in the hope of detecting signals from an alien civilization. White's ( The Overview Effect ) succinct, speculative report invites readers to consider what the immediate and long-term impact of humanoid contact might be. He uses equations to estimate the number of communicating civilizations in our galaxy. He acknowledges that the first 30 years of the SETI movement were a failure, and that SETI is a search for ETLOs (extraterrestrials like ourselves) who presumably will broadcast over the same electromagnetic spectrum we use. But he remains optimistic and urges us to "get ready for SETI" by confronting what it means to become "citizens of the universe." Interviews with Isaac Asimov, Carl Sagan, anthropologist Ben Finney and others serve as a launchpad for this odyssey.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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