ISBN: 0533076501
Godina izdanja: 1988
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Peter Schenkel - ETI: A Challenge for Change
Vantage Press, 1988
248 str.
tvrdi povez
stanje: dobro
First edition, signed by the author.

`ETI` is acronymn for `extraterrestrial intelligence.`
Preface.-- The global dilemma.

Search for extraterrestrial intelligence

Peter Schenkel is a retired political scientist and author of many books, among them three on extraterrestrial intelligence: ETI: A Challenge for Change, The Message from Yon and Contact: Are We Ready For It? Schenkel is primarily interested in the question of what contact with advanced aliens would mean to mankind. He is a member of the Interplanetary Society and Chairman of the group Prociencia in Ecuador.

Contents
Abbreviations
Preface
Part One. The Global Dilemma
1. Our Puzzling Stalemate
2. Lost Faith in Politics and Politicians
3. The East-West Bottleneck
4. The Deepening North-South Gap
5. The Tragic Spiral of the Armament Race
6. World Peace: A Dream Gone Wrong
7. The Quicksands of Revolution
8. Science and Technology: Between Glorification and Damnation
9. The Escapist Urge
10. The Global Deadlock
Part Two. ETI and Our Stalemate
11. The Basic Proposition
12. Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: An Impressive Record
13. Probabilities that Extraterrestrial Life and Intelligence Exist: The Stand of Science
14. Number of Extraterrestrial Civilizations: Estimates and Debate
15. ETI: Its Advanced Technological and Organizational Order
16. Contact with ETI: What It Would Mean to Us
17. The Task Before Us
Epilogue
Appendixes
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Notes
Index


Nonfiction, 0533076501