
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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This is the first collegiate-level textbook to comprehensively cover the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), addressing its theoretical, practical, historical, and social aspects. It explores the nature of alien life, technosignatures, detection methods, and SETI's place in society and culture. Topics include the Fermi Paradox, Drake Equation, METI, post-detection protocols, and ethical considerations. The book aims to establish SETI as a formal scientific discipline, with defined terminology and literature. Designed for upper-level astronomy undergraduates or astrobiology graduate students, it includes problem sets and extensive references for further study. It is suitable for students in astronomy, biology, geophysics, and related fields.
Key features: * Written by a leading researcher in the field * Provides a broad, interdisciplinary approach * Based on the successful SETI courses at Penn State * Flexible assignments and identification of key primary sources allows adaptation for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and even non-astronomy students in related fields
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**Jason Wright **is a Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Penn State, a member of the Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds, and director of the Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center. His work in SETI includes searches for signs of extraterrestrial industry via waste heat, and the development of curricula in the field. He won the Drake Award in 2019 for his contributions to the studies of exoplanets and SETI.
Content
- Introduction
- Some Astronomy Concepts
- History
- The Big Picture
- Schelling Points
- The Case Against SETI: The Fermi Paradox
- The Case against SETI: Rare Earth
- The Case for SETI: The Drake Equation
- The Case for SETI: Beyond the Drake Equation
- Philosophical Principles and Puzzles of SETI
- Strategies of SETI
- Radio Technosignatures
- Optical Communication Technosignatures
- Solar System Technosignatures
- Infrared SETI
- Exoplanetary SETI
- Other Technosignatures
- Popular Culture
- METI
- Post-detection Matters
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