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A spirited, optimistic discourse on the search for extraterrestrial life. A father-and-son team of scientists (David is the author of The Cosmos from Space, 1987, etc.) explore the possibility of extraterrestrial life from a purely scientific perspective. Beginning with a famous equation (gasp) that attempts to calculate the likelihood of intelligent life in the universe, Aliens tackles arguments both for and against this possibility. The search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or SETI, begins in the 1960s with teams in both the US and the Soviet Union hunting for alien radio signals. Throughout the book the authors make every effort to give the nontechnical reader some basis of understanding the enormous distances and time scales involved for interstellar travel. To adequately explain the scientific issues involved, the Clarks give clear, qualitative explanations of mathematical concepts such as probability and the inverse square law. Although the authors offer ample evidence showing that simple life forms (``slime'') may be relatively abundant in the universe, the conditions that would allow for complex life forms are far more scarce. If aliens do exist, its far more likely we will find them through a search for their electronic transmissions rather than a search for their crashed saucers. The conditions that would allow for interstellar travel, assuming that extraterrestrials would even want to make such a trip, would require a herculean effort on their part. Its therefore obvious that the authors hold little regard for unsubstantiated tales of alien abduction. They even debunk some of the myths that surround SETI, including the idea that scientists listen for aliens on headphones. The irrepressible spirit of the authors of this fine tome is best described in their own words: What a wonderful challenge! What a noble endeavor SETI is!'' Good luck to them both. -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Draws on extensive knowledge of contemporary physics and astronomy to describe the latest attempts to locate extraterrestrials and to explore the philosophical implications of that search.
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Clark and Clark's locus classicus is more a rampant celebration of the precarious nature of the human condition than an inter-stellar odyssey in search of the little green men of SETI mythology. This intriguing account leads us ultimately to gape wide-eyed with wonder as we realise that we - the inhabitants of our lonely corner of space - are more wonderous than the limits of our unguided imagination could ever have conceived. With a gnostic zeal, Clark and Clark force us to acknowledge that, with a wry nod to Leonard Nimoy's 1960s cosmic musings, 'you are a child of the stars with as much right to exist as every other creature in the cosmos', and implicitly urge each of us to embrace our fragile but precious existences with a renewed and hedonistic zeal. Clark and Clark are worthy prophets of a latter-day Epicureanism. Touche!
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I found this book very interesting. The Clarks have written what was for me a good introduction to the scientific basis behind SETI which manages to be both clear and unpatronising. I particularly enjoyed the section on so-called alien abductions, having had what might be described as a close encounter myself.
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It is no simple task to write a plausible and thought provoking account of the search for extra-terrestrial life. The Clarks steer clear of giving credence to abduction stories or u.f.o sightings, turning a stern philosophical and scientific gaze on such wilder flights of fancy. This academic rigour never conceals the authors' enthusiasm for their subject or their basic belief in the essential merit of the S.E.T.I. programme. Whilst it's always a disappointment to know that we are unlikely to be bumping into little green men shopping at Wal-Mart this book should be a source of comfort to those of us that hope there is intelligent life somewhere in the universe. A great read.
Gilles Fontaine
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Serious science, serious stuff
Not only a first class work of science, but a literary tour-de-force too. The Clarks do for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence what Anthony Beevor has done for Stalingrad... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 29. September 1999 veröffentlicht
A wonderful work of popular science!
Perhaps the wittiest, cleverest, and most thought-provoking work of popular science to appear in the last decade. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 23. September 1999 veröffentlicht
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