Extraterrestrial intelligence and human imagination : SETI at the intersection of science, religion, and culture /: SETI at the intersection of science, religion, and culture. ([2014])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Extraterrestrial intelligence and human imagination : SETI at the intersection of science, religion, and culture /: SETI at the intersection of science, religion, and culture. ([2014])
- Main Title:
- Extraterrestrial intelligence and human imagination : SETI at the intersection of science, religion, and culture
- Further Information:
- Note: John Traphagan.
- Authors:
- Traphagan, John
- Contents:
- Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Thinking About Religion and Science; 1.1 Foundations for Thinking About SETI: Some Ideas and Assumptions; 1.2 Science and Religion; Chapter 2: A Brief History of Thinking About ETI; 2.1 Narrowing Imagination; 2.2 Expanding Imagination; 2.3 Imagining Aliens; 2.4 It Came From Outer Space; 2.5 It Came from Earth, Too; Chapter 3: Are We Alone? The Emergence of SETI; 3.1 Leaving Earth; 3.2 ETI in the Scientific Imagination: The Drake Equation; 3.3 Civilization?; Chapter 4: Culture, Intelligence, and ETI; 4.1 What Is Culture? 4.2 Implications for SETI Research4.3 The Star Trek Imaginary; 4.4 Symbols and Meaning; Chapter 5: Knowledge Production in the Encounter with Alien Others; 5.1 Ruth Benedict and the Invention of Japanese Culture; 5.2 Implications of Anthropology at a Distance for SETI; 5.3 New Imaginaries; Chapter 6: Religion, Science, Culture, and SETI; 6.1 Science and Religion; 6.2 Is SETI a Religion?; 6.3 SETI, Religion, Imagination; 6.4 SETI and the Western Worldview; References; Index.
- Publisher Details:
- Cham : Springer
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Copyright Date:
- 2015
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (x, 110 pages), color illustrations
- Subjects:
- 999
Physics
Extraterrestrial beings
HISTORY -- General
Extraterrestrial beings
Science -- Astronomy
Religion -- General
Social Science -- Anthropology -- General
Popular astronomy & space
Religion: general
Anthropology
Astronomy
Religion
Anthropology
Science -- Physics
Impact of science & technology on society
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9783319105512
3319105515
3319105507
9783319105505 - Related ISBNs:
- 9783319105505
- Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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