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The Eerie Silence Paul Davies

The Eerie Silence By Paul Davies

The Eerie Silence by Paul Davies


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Summary

SETI - Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - is an amalgam of science, technology, adventure, curiosity and a bold vision of humanity's destiny. It is said that SETI is really a search for ourselves - who we are and what our place might be in the grand cosmic scheme of things. This title deals with SETI.

The Eerie Silence Summary

The Eerie Silence: Are We Alone in the Universe? by Paul Davies

On April 8, 1960, a young American astronomer, Frank Drake, turned a radio telescope toward the star Tau Ceti and listened for several hours to see if he could detect any artificial radio signals. With this modest start began a worldwide project of potentially momentous significance. Known as SETI - Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - it is an amalgam of science, technology, adventure, curiosity and a bold vision of humanity's destiny. Drake has said that SETI is really a search for ourselves - who we are and what our place might be in the grand cosmic scheme of things.

Yet with one tantalizing exception, SETI has produced only negative results. After millions of hours spent eavesdropping on the cosmos astronomers have detected only the eerie sound of silence. What does that mean? Are we in fact alone in the vastness of the universe? Is ET out there, but not sending any messages our way? Might we be surrounded by messages we simply don't recognize? Is SETI a waste of time and money, or should we press ahead with new and more sensitive antennas? Or look somewhere else? And if a signal were to be received, what then? How would we - or even should we - respond

The Eerie Silence Reviews

A magnificent cosmic tour d'horizon of what we know, and what we might yet encounter out there, in the apparent emptiness of deep space -- Christoper Hart * Sunday Times *
An immensely readable investigation of the SETI enterprise -- Michael Hanlon * New Scientist *
Davies is the most engaging of writers -- Clive Cookson * FT *
In an area more given to fabulation than fact, [Paul Davies'] level-headedness is positively refreshing. If you ever start worrying about why no one is talking to us, this is the book to calm you down -- David Papineau * Observer *

About Paul Davies

Paul Davies has achieved an international reputation for his ability to explain the significance of advanced scientific ideas in simple language. He is the author of some twenty books and has written and presented a number of TV and radio programmes. He has also won the prestigious Templeton Prize, the world's largest award for intellectual endeavour, and a Glaxo Science Writers' Fellowship. He is currently Professor at Arizona State University as well as the Director of BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science.

Additional information

GOR001482844
9781846141423
1846141427
The Eerie Silence: Are We Alone in the Universe? by Paul Davies
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Penguin Books Ltd
20100304
256
N/A
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