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Title:

First contact : the search for extraterrestrial intelligence / edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss.

Publisher:

NAL Books,

Copyright Date:

1990

Description:

x, 337 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Life on other planets.

Other Authors:

Bova, Ben, 1932-
Preiss, Byron.

Notes:

"A Byron Preiss book." Includes bibliographical references (p. [330]-332).

Contents:

Preface / Byron Preiss -- Surveying the cosmos / Ben Bova -- Terrestrial intelligence / Isaac Asimov -- The dolphin : an alien intelligence / Diana Reiss -- Alternative life designs / Hal Clement -- E.T. : phone Aristotle! / Thomas McDonough -- "A Martian odyssey" / Stanley Weinbaum -- A place to live : looking for extrasolar planets / Bruce Campbell -- The Drake equation : a reappraisal / Frank Drake -- Mystery of the great silence / David Brin -- Where and what can we see? / Michael J. Klein -- The future of SETI / Thomas Van Horne -- Alien technology / Gregory Benford -- The hunt is on : SETI in action / Michael Papagiannis -- The Ohio State University Program / Robert Dixon -- The Harvard SETI search / Paul Horowitz and William R. Alschuler -- The U.C. Berkeley Program / Stuart Bowyer -- From the observatory to Capitol Hill / Linda Billings.
A unique moment in human history / Michael Michaud -- "Answer, please answer" / Ben Bova -- Individual involvement / D. Kent Cullers and William R. Alschuler -- Where are they? / Arthur C. Clarke -- Reflections on the bigger picture / Philip Morrison.

ISBN:

9780453007207
0453007201

LCCN:

89077089

Locations:

OYAX081 -- Boone Campus Library (Boone)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

W7AX771 -- Urban Campus (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)