Professor Robert H Gray
The Elusive Wow: Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
- ISBN 13:
- 9780983958444
- author:
- Professor Robert H Gray
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- Palmer Square
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2011
- Pages:
- 260
- Dimensions:
- 23.6 x 16 x 2.8 cm
- Genre:
- Science Textbook
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Searching for signals from other worlds is a great venture of our time. If extraterrestrials are out there, we may be able to find their broadcasts, revealing fascinating new worlds that are home to minds similar to our own. Over the last 50 years, over 100 searches for extraterrestrial intelligence have been made, but none have been successful. Most searches have been modest, involving a single professor working part-time, scanning a short list of stars for a few minutes each, and listening on a narrow frequency smaller than a television channel. The possibility that nobody is out there, or that they don't broadcast, or that they are too far away, or that our searches will be fruitless for other reasons, cannot be ruled out. Despite the uncertainty, searching for extraterrestrial intelligence is worth pursuing, as it could fundamentally change our view of the universe and potentially bring us new discoveries, including improvements to our television programming.
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