The Wow Signal From Space
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The Elusive Wow
Publisher description: Searching for signals from other worlds is a great venture of our time. If extraterrestrials are out there, we may be able to find their broadcasts--which would reveal fascinating New Worlds that are home to minds something like our own. Over one hundred searches for 'little green men' have been made over the last 50 years without finding ET. Most searches were modest--often a single professor working part-time, viewing a short list of stars for a few minutes each, and listening on a thin sliver of frequency smaller than one television channel. The sky could be blaring with radio super-stations at places on the radio dial that we've not yet tuned, or flickering with laser flashes that our few optical searches have yet to spot. It's possible that nobody is out there, or that they don't broadcast, or that they are too far away, or that our searches will be fruitless for other reasons. But it's worth searching because finding Others would change our view of things in a big way--and might even bring us goodies including better television programming --
Wow Signal Origins
Was the ""Wow! signal,"" a brief, intense radio signal detected in 1977, a message from an extraterrestrial civilization? Wow Signal Origins explores this enduring mystery, delving into the details of the signal, its possible sources, and the extensive search efforts that followed. The book examines the intricacies of radio astronomy and signal processing to understand the complexities surrounding this intriguing event, which was captured by the Big Ear Radio Telescope. Despite decades of investigation, a definitive, natural explanation for the Wow! signal remains elusive. The book meticulously reviews the signal's characteristics and potential origins, drawing upon astronomical data and signal analysis techniques. Beginning with a history of the SETI program and the principles of radio astronomy, it progresses to dissecting the Wow! signal itself, scrutinizing its unique properties. It then investigates potential astronomical sources, considering observational constraints and the challenges of replicating the detection. Finally, the book critically analyzes past search efforts, highlighting their limitations and offering insights for future SETI research. The book's balanced approach makes it valuable for anyone interested in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Author: H. Paul Shuch
language: en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date: 2011-02-14
This book is a collection of essays written by the very scientists and engineers who have led, and continue to lead, the scientific quest known as SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Divided into three parts, the first section, ‘The Spirit of SETI Past’, written by the surviving pioneers of this then emerging discipline, reviews the major projects undertaken during the first 50 years of SETI science and the results of that research. In the second section, ‘The Spirit of SETI Present’, the present-day science and technology is discussed in detail, providing the technical background to contemporary SETI instruments, experiments, and analytical techniques, including the processing of the received signals to extract potential alien communications. In the third and final section, ‘The Spirit of SETI Future’, the book looks ahead to the possible directions that SETI will take in the next 50 years, addressing such important topics as interstellar message construction, the risks and assumptions of interstellar communications, when we might make contact, what aliens might look like and what is likely to happen in the aftermath of such a contact.