000309428 000__ 02783cam\a22003494a\4500 000309428 001__ 309428 000309428 005__ 20210513113317.0 000309428 008__ 050208s2006\\\\enkab\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000309428 010__ $$a 2005040677 000309428 019__ $$a63883221 000309428 020__ $$a0195171810 (alk. paper) 000309428 020__ $$a9780195171815 (alk. paper) 000309428 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm57641592 000309428 035__ $$a309428 000309428 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dSTF$$dBAKER$$dVP@$$dYDXCP$$dFVC$$dBTCTA 000309428 042__ $$apcc 000309428 043__ $$azo----- 000309428 049__ $$aISEA 000309428 05000 $$aQB54$$b.B37 2006 000309428 08200 $$a576.8/39$$222 000309428 1001_ $$aBasalla, George. 000309428 24510 $$aCivilized life in the universe :$$bscientists on intelligent extraterrestrials /$$cGeorge Basalla. 000309428 260__ $$aOxford ;$$aNew York :$$bOxford University Press,$$c2006. 000309428 300__ $$axiii, 233 p. :$$bill., maps ;$$c24 cm. 000309428 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 209-227) and index. 000309428 520__ $$a"From aristotle to Stephen Hawking, some of the most prominent Western scientists have had definite perceptions and misperceptions about the existence of civilized life on other planets. Johannes Kepler, who transformed astronomy with his work on the shape of planetary orbits, was quite sure that engineers on the Moon excavated circular pits to provide shelter for lunar inhabitants. Christian Huygens, the most prominent scientist between Galileo and Newton, criticized Kepler's speculations but used probability theory to prove that "planetarians" on other worlds were much like humans and practiced the science of astronomy. Carl Sagan indicted Huygens as a biological chauvinist but failed to see that he was a cultural chauvinist when he assumed that alien life would have a technology similar to ours, though far more advanced." "This book traces the influence of one speculation on the next, showing an unbroken but twisting chain of ideas as it passes from ancient to modern times and from science to culture and back again. Throughout, the author interweaves his own view that scientific belief in and search for extraterrestrial civilizations is an impulse that is part anthropomorphic and part secularized-religious."--BOOK JACKET. 000309428 520__ $$aAlso includes information on superior beings, CETI (Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence), Frank D. Drake, Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, Galileo Galilei, Percival Lowell, Mars, principle of mediocrity, NASA, Carl Sagan, Giovanni Schiaparelli, SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence), , etc. 000309428 650_0 $$aLife on other planets$$xResearch. 000309428 651_0 $$aOuter space$$xExploration$$xPublic opinion. 000309428 85200 $$bgen$$hQB54$$i.B37$$i2006 000309428 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0638/2005040677-d.html 000309428 85641 $$3Table of contents only$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0638/2005040677-t.html 000309428 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:309428$$pGLOBAL_SET 000309428 980__ $$aBIB 000309428 980__ $$aBOOK 000309428 994__ $$aC0$$bISE