The great silence : the science and philosophy of Fermi's paradox /

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Author / Creator:Ćirković, Milan M., author.
Edition:First edition.
Imprint:Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2018]
©2018
Description:1 online resource (xxvii, 395 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13540920
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Varying Form of Title:Science and philosophy of Fermi's paradox
ISBN:9780192552860
0192552864
0199646309
9780199646302
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary: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. 'Cirković argues that any evolutionary worldview cannot avoid resolving the Great Silence problem in one guise or another.
Other form:Print version: Ćirković, Milan M. Great silence. First edition. Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2018] 9780199646302