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020			_z9780195171815
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050		4	_aQB54.B37 2006
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100	1		_aBasalla, George.
245	1	0	_aCivilized Life in the Universe : _bScientists on Intelligent Extraterrestrials.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, Incorporated, _c2006.
264		4	_c©2006.
300			_a1 online resource (248 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Trio of Ideas -- 2 Life on the Moon -- 3 From the Moon to the Planets -- 4 The Ascension of Mars -- 5 Percival Lowell: Champion of Canals -- 6 Mars Unveiled -- 7 Carl Sagan: Mars and Beyond -- 8 Life in an Expanding Universe -- 9 The Trajectory: CETI to SETI to HRMS -- 10 Mirror Worlds -- 11 Afterword -- Sources of Quoted Material -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.
520			_aFrom Plutarch and Kepler to Stephen Hawkings and Carl Sagan, this book offers a fascinating history of scientific speculation about life in outer space. Basalla traces an unbroken but twisting chain of ideas passed from one scientist to the next, and from science to popular culture. He even examines the influence of popular culture on science--Sagan always admitted how much Burroughs' Martian novels influenced his speculations about Mars. Throughout, Basalla shows that scientific belief in and search for extraterrestrial civilizations is a complex impulse, part secularized-religious, and part anthropomorphic.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aLife on other planets -- Research.
650		0	_aOuter space -- Exploration -- Public opinion.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aBasalla, George _tCivilized Life in the Universe _dOxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated,c2006 _z9780195171815
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3052093 _zClick to View
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