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The Science of Aliens
Speculations on the nature of alien life
By Clifford Pickover
Our Price: $21.00
Our Item Code: ScienceOfAliens
Postage Code: book1.5
224 Pages, Trade Paperback
Cover Size: 6 x 9 inches
Basic Books
Related listings: SETI: Scientific Search for Alien Life
Date: Oct. 1998
ISBN: 0-465-07314-x
Country of Origin: USA
Added to Catalog: 10/22/98
(Revised 11/18/98)
WIRT: 54355254
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Features: Table of Contents, Index, Color Photos
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Our Review |
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Credibility
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Very High |
Research Value
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High |
Cultural Interest
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Moderate |
Visual Information
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Very High |
Style
5
Stunning |
Silliness
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Wow Factor
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Bargain
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Explanation of Ratings
Credibility = Very High: In general, this catagory is a rating of the author's intellectual discipline
and the strength of his argument (which are very high), not the veracity of his claims (which could be false in spite of the strong argument).
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One of the most interesting books we have read in 1998.
The author speculates on the form that intelligent life might
take, based on our current understanding of biology and physics.
Highly recommended.
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From the Book Cover
If extraterrestrials ever landed on Earth, they would find us extremely
strange. Their first intimation of our existence might well be a
presidential speech or the Olympic Games, a mud wrestling match or
perhaps a T.V. show like
Ally McBeal or 3rd Rock From the Sun.
But, of course, they might seem equally strange to us. How strange?
Their senses could be entirely different from ours-they might see in
the infrared or "hear" radio waves-and they might look completely
different from us.
What would aliens look like? An intelligent octopus-like creature is
certainly plausible. What about odd numbers of limbs-a three-legged
alien with three arms and three eyes? What about an entire planet of
immobile, silicon-based "trees" that communicate with each other via
electrical signals? The Science of Aliens gets weirder still. Could a
giant interstellar cloud be "alive" and intelligent? Could creatures live
at extremely high pressures and temperatures?
And which of these many possibilities would be similar enough to us
that they could communicate with them, or they with us? Would they
have any interest in abducting us? Would they want to have sex with
us?
In classic Pickover style, here is scientifically-based speculation at the
far edge of knowledge-and beyond.
Clifford A. Pickover, Ph.D., is on the research staff of the IBM
Thomas J. Watson Research Center. He is a regular columnist for
Discover Magazine and an Associate Editor for Computers and
Graphics, Computers in Physics, Odyssey, and Theta. Previous
books include
Strange Brains and Genius,
Keys to Infinity,
Computers and the Imagination,
Time: A Traveler's Guide,
Black Holes: A Traveler's Guide,
and The Alien IQ Test.
Dr. Pickover lives
in Yorktown Heights, New York.
"Pickover just seems to exist in more dimensions than the
rest of us."
-- Ian Stewart, Scientific American
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. What Aliens Look Like
Chapter 2. Alien Senses
Chapter 3. Life at the Edge
Chapter 4. Weirder Worlds
Chapter 5. Origin of Alien Life
Chapter 6. Alien Sex
Chapter 7. Communication
Chapter 8. Alien Travel
Chapter 9. Alien Abduction
Chapter 10. Conclusion
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