2 BOOKS ON EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENT LIFE
THE SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE
Edited by Philip Morrison, John Billingham and John Wolfe
and
EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE: THE FIRST ENCOUNTER
Edited by James L. Christian
1979 and 1976 paperback editions; Included in the second book are articles by
Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, and Leonard Nimoy
Description: 2 Books on Extraterrestrial Intelligence: 1) Edited by Philip Morrison, John Billingham, and John Wolfe THE SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE. New York: Dover Books for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1979, 6.5 x 9 in., 176pp. . Illustrated. and 2) James L. Christian, Editor EXTRAERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE: The First Encounter. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1976, 6 x 9 in., 303 pp. . Illustrated.
Condition: Both books are paperback with minor wear to pictorial covers. Interiors clean, tightly bound and unmarked throughout. Overall VG+ condition.
Information: Two provocative and insightful books, the NASA book dealing with the technical challenges and promises of searching for extraterrestrials (SETI), and the second book consisting of a series of essays by noted authors on what might be the implications and impacts of actually discovering ET's. The first book is the upshot of a series of workshops on SETI held by NASA in 1975-1976and includes discussions of methods of communication, the statistics of planets, strategies for finding planets and choices of technology. Contributors to the second book include Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, George Abell, Kendrick Frazier, Leonard Nimoy, William Hamilton, Ronald Huntington; Michael Tooley; Ronald Smith; Peter Angeles; Joseph Royce; Wilfrid Desan, Richard Doss, and Herman Tennessen.
A fascinating look at the field, interesting to compare progress so far, and to consider what difficulties and promises lie ahead.
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