The Great Silence
Science and Philosophy of Fermi's Paradox
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 10 May 2018
- ISBN 9780199646302
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages432 pages
- Size 243x164x27 mm
- Weight 856 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Researchers believe that the universe is vast enough that life has evolved and become technological many times, - yet we have seen no trace of extraterrestrial intelligence. This conundrum, known as the Fermi pardox, is the deepest mystery in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Put simply, where is everybody?
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The Great Silence explores the multifaceted problem named after the great Italian physicist Enrico Fermi and his legendary 1950 lunchtime question "Where is everybody?" In many respects, Fermi's paradox is the richest and the most challenging problem for the entire field of astrobiology and the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI) studies.
This book shows how Fermi's paradox is intricately connected with many fields of learning, technology, arts, and even everyday life. It aims to establish the strongest possible version of the problem, to dispel many related confusions, obfuscations, and prejudices, as well as to offer a novel point of entry to the many solutions proposed in existing literature. Ćirković argues that any evolutionary worldview cannot avoid resolving the Great Silence problem in one guise or another.
First and foremost, it offers the most extensive, meticulously researched, and scientifically current analysis of Fermi's paradox to date. It is also likely to become the go-to text on the theoretical foundations of SETI research. Ćirković expounds complicated scientific concepts in instructive and clear language without over-simplification, an achievement that makes the book accessible to a wide non-specialist audience.
Table of Contents:
Fermi's Paradox / Great Silence problem
What's past is prologue: Cosmological and astrophysical background
Underlying philosophy: Realism, naturalism, Copernicanism, and all that
L'Année derni?re ? Marienbad - Solipsist solutions
Terra Nostra - "Rare Earth" and related solutions
In the Mountains of Madness - Neocatastrophic solutions
The Cities of the Red Night - Logistic solutions
The tournament: How to rate solutions and avoid exclusivity
The last challenge for Copernicanism?
