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The search for extraterrestrial intelligence

Physics Education, 2002
The modern era of the search for extraterrestrial technological intelligence (SETI) began in 1960 when a radiotelescope was used to see if any messages were being sent from the vicinity of two nearby stars. Since then there have been many searches, and not just with radiotelescopes. So far ETI has not been found, but the search has only just begun.
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Xenological Temporalities in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Lovecraft, and Transgender Experiences

, 2020
:Consider communication with extraterrestrial entities, where delays in responses might be on the order of centuries and reception of these signals demands unprecedented precision.
Adriana Knouf
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Strategy for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence

Acta Astronautica, 1979
Abstract The problem of detection and investigation of extraterrestrial intelligence is exceptionally important for mankind from a practical standpoint, for its culture and philosophy. Its importance can even be compared to the importance of the main problems confronting our civilization at the present time, since the information obtained as a result
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Languages, Science and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence [PDF]

Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, 1991
In 1992, the 500th anniversary of the voyages of Christopher Columbus, a group of researchers in the United States, working under a grant from NASA, will begin conducting a search for intelligent extraterrestrial radio signals. The author discusses a method of constructing a language, based on the rudiments of logic, mathematics and the physical ...
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The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life

2018
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, or SETI, has traditionally been conducted and coordinated by the SETI Institute, based in Mountain View, California (USA). The SETI institute is a non-profit organization, which carries out not only research associated with possible extraterrestrial intelligent life, but also research related to planetary ...
Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Louis N. Irwin
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Pros and cons in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence

Medical Hypotheses, 1996
I propose a new term, 'galactic organism with distinct intelligence', for the extraterrestrial forms, with which humans can make contact. This is because, among the three existing terms: (a) 'the search for extraterrestrial intelligence' 'excludes biology and is inelegant'; (b) 'extraterrestrial' does not distinguish between the micro-organisms and ...
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SETI The search for extraterrestrial intelligence

Physics Education, 1991
Are we alone? Either way, the answer is of great significance. And the story of attempts to answer this question is not only of intrinsic interest, but also provides a good way to learn some astrophysics and much else besides.
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The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2001
▪ 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 the universe. A decision tree of possible search strategies is presented as well as a brief history of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI ...
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Searching for the signs [of extraterrestrial intelligence]

Engineering & Technology, 2016
Little green men from outer space are science fiction, aren't they? As the new Independence Day' sequel hurls yet another swarm of aliens at us, take a look at the real science behind the search for the extraterrestrial.
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SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence)

2019
The technology to communicate over interstellar distances is expected to be developed for civilization anywhere in the universe. In this chapter, the strategy and the activities for searching for extraterrestrial intelligence are reviewed. The search started by receiving radio wave in 1960 and has been continued with a modest activity.
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