The SETI Paradox

(авторизованный перевод статьи Парадокс SETI)

Рецензия на новую книгу:

The Goldilocks Enigma: Why is the Universe Just Right for Life?
By Paul Davies
Allen Lane, 350pp, $55

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20875880-5003900,00.html

Вышло новое, 7-е издание знаменитой книги И. С. Шкловского 'Вселенная, жизнь, разум'

На динамику тиражей страшно смотреть

ну абсолютно ничего страшного -- в век Интернета не надо быть таким старомодным, Борислав...

Да вот давно хотел приобрести этот раритет, о котором я столько наслышан, а в новости даже ссылки нет на магазин

Да вот давно хотел приобрести этот раритет, о котором я столько наслышан, а в новости даже ссылки нет на магазин

http://www.astronomy.ru/forum/index.php/topic,22618.msg410263.html#msg410263

 

Астробиолог получил высшую награду США -- Медаль Свободы

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Astrobiologist_Awarded_Prize_999.html

Dr. Joshua Lederberg, a Nobel-winning microbiolgist whose advice helped create NASA's early biology programs, will receive the Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian honor. Dr. Lederberg became interested in exobiology -- the study of life beyond Earth -- in the 1950s, as interest in exploring space began to build in the United States and other countries.

An Introduction to Planetary Defense
A Study of Modern Warfare Applied to Extra-Terrestrial Invasion
Travis S. Taylor, Ph.D; Bob Boan, Ph.D.; R.C. Anding, T. Conley Powell, Ph.D.

интересно, что не фантасты пишут, а сотрудники НАСА...

вот цитата из Предисловия:

The goal of this textbook is not to refute, discuss, defend, or even enter into an argument about government conspiracies, UFO cover-ups, alien autopsies, or any other examples of the 'UFOlogy' genre.

 

An Introduction to Planetary Defense
A Study of Modern Warfare Applied to Extra-Terrestrial Invasion
Travis S. Taylor, Ph.D; Bob Boan, Ph.D.; R.C. Anding, T. Conley Powell, Ph.D.

интересно, что не фантасты пишут, а сотрудники НАСА...

Хорошо б кто-нить подрядился переводить на русский. А то уж заманало расшифровывать горбатые переводы автопереводчиков, а англицкий учить некогда. 

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyid=2007-01-08T162634Z_01_N05265345_RTRUKOC_0_US-SPACE-ALIENS.xml

Space life search turns to TV, radio signals

Mon Jan 8, 2007 11:28 AM ET

By Andy Sullivan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Is there intelligent life on other planets? If so, what do space aliens watch on TV?

Astronomers plan to search 1,000 nearby stars for television broadcasts and other signals that could indicate extraterrestrial life, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics said on Monday.

The project, planned for early 2008, would use a new radio telescope to search for radio traffic similar to that found on Earth.

Current efforts to find extraterrestrial life look for messages deliberately beamed across space -- an approach that would miss any civilization that does not advertise its existence as Earth's does.

The new effort would search a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum used on Earth for more mundane purposes -- radar, television and FM radio broadcasts.

"We may pick up spurious signals from people that never meant for us to hear them and get an inkling that something's going on," said David Aguilar, director of communications at the Center for Astrophysics.

The electromagnetic spectrum spans radiation from high-energy waves such as gamma rays and X-rays to lower-energy microwave and radio waves, with visible light falling somewhere in the middle.

A new low-frequency telescope under construction in the Australian outback will be remote enough to avoid most radio interference.

The project will be able to detect Earth-like radio signals within a distance of 30 light years, which encompasses about 1,000 stars.

The project will be formally presented at a conference of the American Astronomical Society in Seattle on Wednesday.