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

Describes the scientific search for extraterrestrial life, explains the probablilities of finding intelligent life, examines our attempts to communicate with other life forms, and presents the debate between religion and science on this subject.

Books about The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) in the Optical Spectrum

Books about The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) in the Optical Spectrum

Traces the history of human belief in extraterrestrial life, discusses UFOs, interstellar travel, and space exploration, and describes current efforts to find evidence of life elsewhere in the universe