The alien communication handbook : so we received a signal -- Now what? / Brian S. McConnell.
McConnell, Brian S.
2021
QB54
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Title The alien communication handbook : so we received a signal -- Now what? / Brian S. McConnell.
Author McConnell, Brian S.
ISBN 9783030748456 (electronic bk.)
3030748456 (electronic bk.)
3030748448
9783030748449
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74845-6
Imprint Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2021.
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-74845-6 doi
Call Number QB54
Dewey Decimal Classification 522/.682
Summary Scientists have been searching for signals from extraterrestrial civilizations since Frank Drake's first radio survey in 1960. But what would actually happen if SETI's search succeeds? Is there any way we could even make sense of the signal we receive? Written by an expert in communication systems and translation technology, this book explores the science of interstellar communication. It explains how this process may unfold, how an ET communication link would work, the types of information it could convey and how professionals, amateurs and ordinary people like you would participate in the effort to understand what another civilization has to say. Along the way, the book introduces readers to many aspects of modern-day communication systems and computing. Featured as well are dozens of illustrations, photos and real-world examples, rounding out this compelling foray into the mechanics of interstellar communication.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 27, 2021).
Series Astronomers' universe, 2197-6651
Available in Other Form Print version: 9783030748449
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Chapter 1. C-Day
Chapter 2. The Limits of Communication
Chapter 3. Animal Communication
Chapter 4. A Timeline of Events
Chapter 5. Information Delivery
Chapter 6. Modulation
Chapter 7. Lessons From Computing and Communications
Chapter 8. Entropy: Measuring Order and Randomness
Chapter 9. Algorithmic Communication Systems
Chapter 10. Images
Chapter 11. Three-Dimensional Images and Models
Chapter 12. Four Dimensions (Video and Simulations)
Chapter 13. Sound
Chapter 14. Communicating Fundamental Units and Scientific Information
Chapter 15. Semantic Networks and Constructed Languages
Chapter 16. Genomic Information
Chapter 17. The Galactic Internet
Chapter 18. The Message Analysis and Comprehension Effort
Chapter 19. What Could We Learn from Another Civilization?

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