Lonely Minds In The Universe: search for extraterrestrial intelligence

By:

Genta, Giancarlo

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: United States of America Praxis 2007Description: 289ISBN:

9780387339252

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

576.839 GEN

Summary: This interdisciplinary book probes the subject of extraterrestrial intelligent life, offering scientific and technological implications, discussing the philosophical and religious connotations and rebuffing pseudo-scientific assertions such as ‘rare earth’. The author discusses such philosophical questions as: What is intelligence? What is consciousness? Should we expect ETIs to be conscious beings? Also discussed is the viability of future astronautics which would enable closer human contact with ETI.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Donated Books	Gandhi Smriti Library	576.839 GEN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		171968

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This interdisciplinary book probes the subject of extraterrestrial intelligent life, offering scientific and technological implications, discussing the philosophical and religious connotations and rebuffing pseudo-scientific assertions such as ‘rare earth’. The author discusses such philosophical questions as: What is intelligence? What is consciousness? Should we expect ETIs to be conscious beings? Also discussed is the viability of future astronautics which would enable closer human contact with ETI.

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