E.T. Talk How Will We Communicate with Intelligent Life on Other
Although we have done extensive studies of the Solar System and thus far found over 300 extrasolar planets – planets outside our Solar System – we have not yet found life, even primitive life, on any planet other than Earth. Might there be life on some of
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Fernando J. Ballesteros
E.T. Talk How Will We Communicate with Intelligent Life on Other Worlds?
Fernando J. Ballesteros Astronomical Observatory University of Valencia Paterna, Valencia Spain e-mail: [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-6088-7 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-6089-4 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-6089-4 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2010931752 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
To Herminia, for being the star that illuminates my life.
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Acknowledgements
Even when a book is signed by a single author, it is never a single person task. Every book is in fact the outcome of several collective tasks in which a lot of people collaborate. Without their participation, the book would never come about. Therefore I want to express here my gratitude to all those who made this work possible. First of all, I express my gratitude to Alzira’s city hall, Bromera publications, and the University of Valencia for making possible the existence of the European Prize of Popular Science Estudi General. I consider this essential, since I deem popular science an obligatory duty for scientists. In a society such as ours, modeled by scientific products, it is indispensable to acquire some background in science, in order to face with rigor and skepticism, fully aware, the challenges (someone of them frightening) of the contemporary world. For this, the task of popularizing science is crucial. Therefore, the existence of such a premium, recompensing popular science, is a great joy for me. I also want to give my gratitude to the editorial team at Springer, who have always been on the other side of the computer to help me in everything during the writing of the book. I thank Maury Solomon for her patience and understanding. I wish to express my gratitude to my colleagues (and friends) Alberto Fernández, Amelia Ortiz, Bartolo Luque, Javier Díez, Vicent Martínez, Juli Peretó, Daniel Altschuler, and Eusebio Llácer. Your corrections and suggestions, and our fruitful conversations, were a unique help, and these are in part responsible for the book in its final form. I especially thank Euse
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