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000724219 1001_ $$aTraphagan, John,$$eauthor.
000724219 24510 $$aExtraterrestrial intelligence and human imagination$$h[electronic resource] :$$bSETI at the intersection of science, religion, and culture /$$cJohn Traphagan.
000724219 264_1 $$aCham :$$bSpringer,$$c[2014]
000724219 264_4 $$c©2015
000724219 300__ $$a1 online resource (x, 110 pages) :$$bcolor illustrations.
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000724219 4901_ $$aSpace and Society,$$x2199-3882
000724219 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000724219 5050_ $$aDedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Thinking About Religion and Science; 1.1 Foundations for Thinking About SETI: Some Ideas and Assumptions; 1.2 Science and Religion; Chapter 2: A Brief History of Thinking About ETI; 2.1 Narrowing Imagination; 2.2 Expanding Imagination; 2.3 Imagining Aliens; 2.4 It Came From Outer Space; 2.5 It Came from Earth, Too; Chapter 3: Are We Alone? The Emergence of SETI; 3.1 Leaving Earth; 3.2 ETI in the Scientific Imagination: The Drake Equation; 3.3 Civilization?; Chapter 4: Culture, Intelligence, and ETI; 4.1 What Is Culture?
000724219 5058_ $$a4.2 Implications for SETI Research4.3 The Star Trek Imaginary; 4.4 Symbols and Meaning; Chapter 5: Knowledge Production in the Encounter with Alien Others; 5.1 Ruth Benedict and the Invention of Japanese Culture; 5.2 Implications of Anthropology at a Distance for SETI; 5.3 New Imaginaries; Chapter 6: Religion, Science, Culture, and SETI; 6.1 Science and Religion; 6.2 Is SETI a Religion?; 6.3 SETI, Religion, Imagination; 6.4 SETI and the Western Worldview; References; Index
000724219 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users.
000724219 520__ $$aThe search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) represents one of the most significant crossroads at which the assumptions and methods of scientific inquiry come into direct contact with-and in many cases conflict with-those of religion. Indeed, at the core of SETI is the same question that motivates many interested in religion: What is the place of humanity in the universe? Both scientists involved with SETI (and in other areas) and those interested in and dedicated to some religious traditions are engaged in contemplating these types of questions, even if their respective approaches and.
000724219 588__ $$aOnline resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 11, 2014).
000724219 61020 $$aSearch for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Study group : U.S.)
000724219 650_0 $$aExtraterrestrial beings.
000724219 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aTraphagan, John$$tExtraterrestrial Intelligence and Human Imagination : SETI at the Intersection of Science, Religion, and Culture$$dCham : Springer International Publishing,c2014$$z9783319105505
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