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The Search for Extraterrestrials Monte Ross

The Search for Extraterrestrials By Monte Ross

The Search for Extraterrestrials by Monte Ross


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Follow Monte Ross of the Laser Space Signal Observatory as he explores the challenges in searching for evidence of extraterrestrials, the programs that have failed, and those that continue.

The Search for Extraterrestrials Summary

The Search for Extraterrestrials: Intercepting Alien Signals by Monte Ross

Follow Monte Ross of the Laser Space Signal Observatory as he explores the challenges in searching for evidence of extraterrestrials, the programs that have failed, and those that continue. The book circumvents the failure of searches at radio frequencies by being the first to explore electromagnetic frequencies besides RF and microwave as possible signal sources, taking into consideration all the ways that extraterrestrials might try to communicate with us. Throughout the presentation, all the ideas, concepts, and approaches are explained clearly, without the use of complex math or physics.

The Search for Extraterrestrials Reviews

From the reviews: Ross begins by reviewing the vast distances involved in a search, such as the density of stars in space and how long it takes light to travel to Earth. ... Copious illustrations are very helpful in facilitating an understanding of many of the technical details. Ross has produced a well-organized ... book that covers the basics of SETI very well. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates and general readers. (M.-K. Hemenway, Choice, Vol. 47 (10), June, 2010)

Table of Contents

The likelihood of extraterrestrial intelligence.- Vast distances and long travel times.- Stars, their evolution and types.- Planets and our Sun.- The many constraints on life.- Why would anyone transmit to us?.- The Drake Equation and habitable planets.- The basics of space communication.- Where to look in the electromagnetic spectrum?.- Receiver basics and how big is big?.- Noise and limitations on sensitivity.- Programs in SETI.- A brief history of SETI.- Radio-frequency and microwave SETI, including the Allen Telescope Array.- Early optical SETI and the all-sky Harvard system.- Possibilities in SETI.- The PhotonStar project.- Key issues for SETI.- Other parts of the spectrum, decoding the data and forming pictures.- Future systems for intercepting alien lasers.

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NLS9780387734538
9780387734538
0387734538
The Search for Extraterrestrials: Intercepting Alien Signals by Monte Ross
New
Paperback
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
2009-09-29
176
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