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Confessions of an Alien Hunter
Seth Shostak
A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
National Geographic
March 2009
On Sale: March 17, 2009
320 pages
ISBN: 1426203926
EAN: 9781426203923
Hardcover
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Aliens are big in America. Whether they’ve arrived via
rocket, flying saucer, or plain old teleportation, they’ve
been invading, infiltrating, or inspiring us for decades,
and they’ve fascinated moviegoers and television watchers
for more than fifty years. About half of us believe that
aliens really exist, and millions are convinced they’ve
visited Earth. For twenty-five years, SETI has been looking for the proof,
and as the program’s senior astronomer, Seth Shostak
explains in this engrossing book, it’s entirely possible
that before long conclusive evidence will be found. His informative, entertaining report offers an insider’s
view of what we might realistically expect to discover
light-years away among the stars. Neither humanoids nor
monsters, says Shostak; in fact, biological intelligence is
probably just a precursor to machine beings, enormously
advanced artificial sentients whose capabilities and
accomplishments may have developed over billions of years
and far exceed our own. As he explores what, if anything, they would tell us and
what their existence would portend for humankind and the
cosmos, he introduces a colorful cast of characters and
provides a vivid, state-of-the-art account of the past,
present, and future of our search for extraterrestrial
intelligence.
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