Making Contact: Jill Tarter And The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence
by Sarah Scoles /
2017 / English / EPUB
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For anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and
wondered, "Are we alone?"
For anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and
wondered, "Are we alone?"A brilliant
examination of the science behind the search for extraterrestrial
intelligence and its pioneer, Jill Tarter, the inspiration for
the main character in Carl Sagan's
A brilliant
examination of the science behind the search for extraterrestrial
intelligence and its pioneer, Jill Tarter, the inspiration for
the main character in Carl Sagan'sContact.
Contact.Jill Tarter is a pioneer, an innovator, an adventurer, and a
controversial force. At a time when women weren’t encouraged to do
much outside the home, Tarter ventured as far out as she could―into
the three-Kelvin cold of deep space. And she hasn’t stopped
investigating a subject that takes and takes without giving much
back.
Jill Tarter is a pioneer, an innovator, an adventurer, and a
controversial force. At a time when women weren’t encouraged to do
much outside the home, Tarter ventured as far out as she could―into
the three-Kelvin cold of deep space. And she hasn’t stopped
investigating a subject that takes and takes without giving much
back.
Today, her computer's screensaver is just the text “SO…ARE WE
ALONE?” This question keeps her up at night. In some ways, this is
the question that keep us all up at night. We have all spent dark
hours wondering about our place in it all, pondering our
"aloneness," both terrestrial and cosmic. Tarter’s life and her
work are not just a quest to understand life in the universe: they
are a quest to understand our lives within the universe. No one has
told that story, her story, until now.
Today, her computer's screensaver is just the text “SO…ARE WE
ALONE?” This question keeps her up at night. In some ways, this is
the question that keep us all up at night. We have all spent dark
hours wondering about our place in it all, pondering our
"aloneness," both terrestrial and cosmic. Tarter’s life and her
work are not just a quest to understand life in the universe: they
are a quest to understand our lives within the universe. No one has
told that story, her story, until now.
It all began with gazing into the night sky. All those stars were
just distant suns―were any of them someone else's sun? Diving into
the science, philosophy, and politics of SETI―searching for
extraterrestrial intelligence―Sarah Scoles reveals the fascinating
figure at the center of the final frontier of scientific
investigation. This is the perfect book for anyone who has ever
looked up at the night sky and wondered if we are alone in the
universe. 8 pages of color photographs
It all began with gazing into the night sky. All those stars were
just distant suns―were any of them someone else's sun? Diving into
the science, philosophy, and politics of SETI―searching for
extraterrestrial intelligence―Sarah Scoles reveals the fascinating
figure at the center of the final frontier of scientific
investigation. This is the perfect book for anyone who has ever
looked up at the night sky and wondered if we are alone in the
universe. 8 pages of color photographs