Lonely Minds in the Universe

• Main Author: Genta, Giancarlo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Subjects: Popular works.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Space sciences.; Astrobiology.; Astronomy.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

XI ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii INTRODUCTION XV CHAPTER 1: THE HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES 1 The Magical Vision of the Nonhuman 1 Ancient Philosophy 2 Medieval Philosophy 6 The Renaissance 8 The Birth of Modern Science 10 First Attempts at Contact 16 Cosmism 17 From Enthusiasm to Disenchantmen...

Table of Contents:

• The Historical and Philosophical Perspectives
• The Religious Perspective
• The Astrobiological Perspective
• The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
• Interlude: The Search for Extraterrestrial Stupidity
• The Possibility of Contact.