Who goes there: The search of intelligent life in the universe

244 Pages·1979·12.434 MB·English

by  Edward Edelson

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Who
Goes There?
The Search for Intelligent
Life in the Universe
Edward
Edelson
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WHO
GOES
THERE?

The Search for
Intelligent Life
in the Universe
WHO
GOES
THERE?
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Edelson, Edward
Who goes there?
Includes index.
1. Lifeon otherplanets. I. Title.
QB54.E43 1980 999 79-26782
ISBN 0-07-018986-2
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations ix
Introduction xi
Chapter One Viking to Mars I
The Landing The Pictures The Tests
Where Have All the Organics Gone? No Life
on Mars? 1984: Back to Mars?
Chapter Two Where We Come From 19
Beginnings A Universe Too Vast to Compre-
hend Galileo's Intellectual Giant Step The
Moon Hoax The Romance of Mars Meas-
uring the Universe The Great Galaxy Debate
Chapter Three Chemistry and Life 34
From "Vital Force" to "Warm Little Pond"
The Mechanism of Life Fingerprints in Space
The Seeds ofLife
Chapter Four The Universe and Us 49
Telescopy "Big Bang" vs. "Steady State"
StarsAre Not Created Equal Barnard's Star
Chapter Five Once Around the Sun 64
Hell on Venus Life on Earth Mars: The
Untold Story Life on Jupiter: Hard to Imag-
ine Titan: A Possibility
7
VI CONTENTS
Chapter Six The Formula 75
N^rR.fpriefififcL Factors in the Equation
L=The Major Question Facing Mankind
Where Are They?
Chapter Seven Who Goes There? 84
They're Already Here Welcome to Ufology
The First "Projects": Saucer, Sign, Grudge,
BlueBook TheCondonReport WilderMu-
sic: The UFO Craze Case Histories The
Chariots of von Daniken The Response of As-
tronomy Close Encounters of a Questionable
Kind
Chapter Eight Traveling 100
Interstellar Voyages: A Question of Propulsion
Space Ark: An Ecological Community
Enzmann's "Flying Iceberg" Of Lasers, "Ram-
jets," and "Hyperspace" Is Interstellar Flight
"Out of the Question"? Sending Unmanned
Probes to a "Likely Star" An Interstellar SOS?
Travelers vs. Listeners Listeners vs. Trav-
elers The High Cost of Travel
Chapter Nine Listening 11
"Our Only Hope at the Present Time" The
Main Street of Space The "Water Hole" of
Space Signals to Expect SETI: From En-
fant Terrible to Middle Age Project Ozma
False Alarms Galactic Sweeps
Chapter Ten Messages 137
Sending Mathematical Pictures Drake's Mes-
sage "AnAnti-Puzzle" Message toJupiter
:
Phonograph Records in Space Launching Bot-
tles into the Cosmic Ocean The Fear of Con-
tact