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Extraterrestrial intelligence
About: Extraterrestrial intelligence is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 467 publications have been published within this topic receiving 7745 citations. The topic is also known as: ETI.
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01 Jan 1986
TL;DR: In this article, Barrow and Tipler examined the question of Mankind's place in the universe, taking the reader on a tour of many scientific disciplines and offering fascinating insights into issues such as the nature of life, the serach for extraterrestrial intelligence, and the past history and fate of our universe.
Abstract: Is there any connection between the vastness of the universes of stars and galaxies and the existence of life on a small planet out in the suburbs of the Milky Way? This book shows that there is. In their classic work, John Barrow and Frank Tipler examine the question of Mankind's place in the Universe, taking the reader on a tour of many scientific disciplines and offering fascinating insights into issues such as the nature of life, the serach for extraterrestrial intelligence, and the past history and fate of our universe.
1,755 citations
TL;DR: It is proposed that a search for sources of infrared radiation should accompany the recently initiated search for interstellar radio communications.
Abstract: If extraterrestrial intelligent beings exist and have reached a high level of technical development, one by-product of their energy metabolism is likely to be the large-scale conversion of starlight into far-infrared radiation. It is proposed that a search for sources of infrared radiation should accompany the recently initiated search for interstellar radio communications.
342 citations
TL;DR: The search for evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence is placed in the broader astronomical context of the search for extrasolar planets and biomarkers of primitive life elsewhere in the world as mentioned in this paper, where the authors place the search in a more general astronomical context.
Abstract: ▪ Abstract The search for evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence is placed in the broader astronomical context of the search for extrasolar planets and biomarkers of primitive life elsewhere in ...
317 citations
Book•
01 Jan 1996
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the evolution of life in the extraterrestrial context and the meaning of life, and conclude that the biological universe and the limits of science are linked.
Abstract: Introduction 1. From the physical world to the biological universe: Democritus to Lowell 2. Plurality of worlds and the decline of anthropocentrism 3. The solar system: the limits of observation 4. Solar systems beyond: the limits of theory 5. Extraterrestrials in literature and the arts: the role of imagination 6. The UFO controversy: on perception and deception 7. The origin and evolution of life in the extraterrestrial context 8. SETI: the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence 9. The convergence of disciplines: birth of a new science 10. The meaning of life Summary and conclusion: the biological universe and the limits of science.
127 citations
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124 citations