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050	0	0	_aQB54 _b.F77945 2018
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100	1		_aForgan, Duncan, _d1984- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aSolving Fermi's paradox / _cDuncan H. Forgan.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2018.
300			_a1 online resource (xvii, 413 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge astrobiology ; _v10
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Apr 2019).
520			_aThe search for extra-terrestrial intelligence (SETI) has for sixty years attempted to solve Fermi's paradox: if intelligent life is relatively common in the universe, where is everybody? Examining SETI through this lens, this volume summarises current thinking on the prevalence of intelligent life in the universe, and discusses sixty-six distinct solutions to the so-called paradox. It describes the methodology of SETI, and how many disciplines feed into the debate, from physics and biology, to philosophy and anthropology. The presented solutions are organised into three key groups: rare-Earth solutions, suggesting planetary habitability, life and intelligence are uncommon; catastrophist solutions, arguing civilisations do not survive long enough to make contact; and non-empirical solutions, those that take theoretical approaches, such as that our methodology is flawed. This comprehensive introduction to SETI concludes by looking at the future of the field and speculating on humanity's potential fate.
650		0	_aFermi's paradox.
650		0	_aLife on other planets.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107163652
830		0	_aCambridge astrobiology ; _v10.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781316681510
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