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
• 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.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 11, 2014).
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