The Eerie Silence: Renewing Our Search for Alien Intelligence (Paperback) by Paul Davies

from Stbalbach

Having recently read Contact for the first time, The Eerie Silence was a perfect 30 year follow-up to see where things stand in the search for intelligent life. The title says it all. Davies is an expert in the field and so I valued hearing his ideas, informed by scientific rigor (he is an astrop...

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Are we alone? The question haunts us, and over the centuries the interest in the topic waxes and wanes like the phases of the moon. Currently there is a great deal of interest in the topic due to the recent discoveries made by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope. The quest is described as the search fo...

from psutto

Very Good Book all about SETI Paul Davies is head of the SETI post-detection task group and has written a reflection of 50 years of scanning the skies for alien intelligence. This is an exploration of our existensial angst, are we alone in this vast universe? Davies explains why SETI may have bee...

from anthonycamber

This book has been on my to-read pile for some time, and as with many books about science it has suffered a little from the pace of progress. All of the Kepler mission's discoveries are in the book's future, for example. Not the book's fault, clearly, and in fact it's interesting to read knowing ...

from jmchshannon

Are we or aren't we alone in the universe? Mr. Davies presents valid points for both sides of the argument. Because of the hypothetical nature of any of his points, a reader may find some of his more esoteric of his conclusions difficult to follow. As befits Mr. Davies' background, there is a hea...