Contact with Alien Civilizations: Our Hopes and Fears about Encountering Extraterrestrials - Couverture souple

Michaud, Michael A.G.

 
9781441921079: Contact with Alien Civilizations: Our Hopes and Fears about Encountering Extraterrestrials
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ISBN 10 : 1441921079 ISBN 13 : 9781441921079
Editeur : Copernicus, 2010

Synopsis

This book describes a wide variety of speculations by many authors about the consequences for humanity of coming into contact with extraterrestrial intelligence. The assumptions underlying those speculations are examined, and some conclusions are drawn. The book emphasizes the consequences of contact rather than the search, and takes account of popular views, not just those of scientists. As necessary background, the book also includes brief summaries of the history of thinking about extraterrestrial intelligence, searches for life and for signals, contrasting paradigms of how contact might take place, and the paradox that those paradigms allegedly create. Michael Michaud has been actively engaged in discussions of these issues within the International Academy of Astronautics. He served as Director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Advanced Technology and as Counselor for Science, Technology, and Environment at the American embassies in Paris and Tokyo.

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À propos de l?auteur

Michael Michaud served as Director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Advanced Technology and as Counselor for Science, Technology, and Environment at the American embassies in Paris and Tokyo. He led the negotiation of international agreements, played an active role in reviving U.S.-Soviet space cooperation, represented foreign policy interests in interagency discussions of U.S. space policy, and testified before Congress on space-related issues. He has published thirty articles and papers on the implications of contact, as well as sixty articles on other subjects and the book, Reaching for the High Frontier: The American Pro-Space Movement, 1972-1984.

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Éditeur
Copernicus
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1441921079
ISBN 13 
9781441921079
Reliure
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Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
476
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