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If the discovery of life elsewhere in the universe is just around the corner, what would be the consequences for religion? Would it represent another major conflict between science and religion, even leading to the death of faith? Some would suggest that the discovery of any suggestion of extraterrestrial life would have a greater impact than even the Copernican and Darwinian revolutions. It is now over 50 years since the first modern scientific papers were published on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). Yet the religious implications of this search and possible discovery have never been systematically addressed in the scientific or theological arena. SETI is now entering its most important era of scientific development. New observation techniques are leading to the discovery of extra-solar planets daily, and the Kepler mission has already collected over 1000 planetary candidates. This deluge of data is transforming the scientific and popular view of the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence. Earth-like planets outside of our solar system can now be identified and searched for signs of life. Now is a crucial time to assess the scientific and theological questions behind this search. This book sets out the scientific arguments undergirding SETI, with particular attention to the uncertainties in arguments and the strength of the data already assembled. It assesses not only the discovery of planets but other areas such as the Fermi paradox, the origin and evolution of intelligent life, and current SETI strategies. In all of this it reflects on how these questions are shaped by history and pop culture and their relationship with religion, especially Christian theology. It is argued that theologians need to take seriously SETI and to examine some central doctrines such as creation, incarnation, revelation, and salvation in the light of the possibility of extraterrestrial life. -- Publisher's description.

Life on other planets --- Religion and science --- Religious aspects --- science and religion --- extraterrestrial life --- extraterrestrial intelligence --- science and theology --- SETI --- physics and theology

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This collects six wildly inventive short comics stories that might collectively be dubbed "speculative memoir." Schrauwen's deadpan depictions of his and his offspring's upcoming lives include alien abduction, dialogue with future agents, and coded messages in envelopes at breakfast.

Extraterrestrial beings --- 741.571 SCHRAUWEN --- België --- Schrauwen Olivier --- beeldverhaal --- eenentwintigste eeuw --- graphic novels --- kunst --- strips --- tekenkunst --- Alien beings (Extraterrestrials) --- Aliens (Extraterrestrial beings) --- Extraterrestrial intelligence --- Extraterrestrials --- Life on other planets --- Human-alien encounters --- Schrauwen, Olivier --- Espionage --- English literature

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"It is statistically unlikely that humans are the only intelligent species in the universe. Nothing about the others will be known until contact is made beyond a radio signal from space that merely tells us they existed when it was sent. That contact may occur tomorrow, in a hundred years, or never. If it does it will be a high-risk scenario for humanity. It may be peaceful or hostile. Relying on alien altruism and benign intentions is wishful thinking. We need to begin identifying as a planetary species, and develop a global consensus on how to respond in either scenario"--

Space law. --- Life on other planets. --- Extraterrestrial beings. --- Human-alien encounters. --- Interstellar communication. --- Space warfare. --- War (International law) --- International law and human rights. --- Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Study group : U.S.)

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Mathematics is as much a part of our humanity as music and art. And it is our mathematics that might be understandable, even familiar, to a distant race and might provide the basis for mutual communication. This book discusses, in a conversational way, the role of mathematics in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. The author explores the science behind that search, its history, and the many questions associated with it, including those regarding the nature of language and the philosophical/psychological motivation behind this search.

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This book addresses the possible origins, development and fate of intelligent life in the universe. The author presents a wide-ranging analysis of the type of knowledge that can be inferred about extraterrestrial intelligent societies from our own biological, cultural and scientific evolution, and from the likely future of mankind. Providing extensive background information from astronomy, geology, chemistry and biology, the book will appeal to both the scientist and the general reader. In this second edition of Peter Ulmschneider's successful and highly interesting book the author is putting even stronger emphasis on the geological conditions and consequences of life's conquest of land as the pre-condition for the emergence of life with our type of technical intelligence.

Life --- Life on other planets. --- Vie --- Vie extraterrestre --- Origin. --- Origines --- Exobiology. --- Extraterrestrial anthropology. --- Life -- Origin. --- Outer space -- Exploration. --- Life on other planets --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Biology - General --- Origin --- Extraterrestrial life --- Abiogenesis --- Biogenesis --- Germ theory --- Heterogenesis --- Life, Origin of --- Life (Biology) --- Origin of life --- Plasmogeny --- Plasmogony --- Physics. --- Geobiology. --- Evolutionary biology. --- Observations, Astronomical. --- Astronomy --- Astrophysics. --- Space sciences. --- Astrobiology. --- Astrophysics and Astroparticles. --- Biogeosciences. --- Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. --- Observations. --- Planets --- Fermi's paradox --- Evolution (Biology) --- Exobiology --- Spontaneous generation --- Evolution (Biology). --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Astronomical physics --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Astrobiology --- Habitable planets --- Astronomy—Observations. --- Astronomical observations --- Observations, Astronomical --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science --- Earth sciences --- Biosphere --- SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics --- Extraterrestrial beings. --- Climatic factors. --- extraterrestrial intelligence --- Alien beings (Extraterrestrials) --- Aliens (Extraterrestrial beings) --- Extraterrestrial intelligence --- Extraterrestrials --- Human-alien encounters