SETI: On 20 January 1919, the New York Times prints an article entitled “Radio to Stars, Marconi’s Hope” in which Guglielmo Marconi is reported to have stated that “… communication with intelligences on other stars … may some day be possible” and that he had received unexplained signals which might have originated from the stars.
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Book References
For discussion of Marconi’s claims see the following:
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Allen, Tom in his “The Quest: A Report on Extraterrestrial life " (1965) at pages 43-44, 45, 47, 48 (in Chapter 3) of the Chilton hardback edition. |
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Beckley, Timothy Green in “Other Voices” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) (by George Hunt Williamson with Alfred Bailey) at pages 10-14 (in the Introduction) of the Abeldard softcover edition. |
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Clark, Andrew J H and Clark, David H in their “Aliens“ (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 3 (in the Prologue) of the Fromm hardback edition. |
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Crowe, Michael J in his “The Extraterrestrial Life Debate, 1750-1900” (1986) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 399 (in Chapter 8) of the 1999 Dover softcover edition. |
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Darling, David in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 84 (in the entry entitled “communication, with the Moon and planets”), 252 (in the entry entitled “Marconi, Guglielmo (1874-1937)”) of the Three Rivers softcover edition. |
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Darling, David in his online encyclopedia, “The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight” (2003) in the entry entitled “communication, with the Moon and planets” and in the entry entitled “Marconi, Guglielmo (1874-1937)”. The relevant entries are available online at: |
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Davis, Erik in his “TechGnosis: Myth, Magic and Mysticism in the Age of Information” (2004) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 90 (in Chapter 2) of the Serpents Tail softcover edition. |
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Dick, Steven J in his “Life on Other Worlds“ (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 201 (in Chapter 7) of the Cambridge hardback edition. |
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Dick, Steven J in his “The Biological Universe” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 402-406 (in Chapter 8) of the Cambridge hardback edition. |
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Drake, Frank and Dava Sobel in their “Is Anyone Out There?“ (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 173 (in Chapter 8) of the Pocket Books paperback edition. |
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Drake, W Raymond in his “Gods and Spacemen Throughout History” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 17 (in Chapter 1) of the Sphere paperback edition. |
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Drake, W Raymond in his “Messengers From the Stars” (1964) (Formerly “Gods or Spacemen?”) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 80-81 (in Chapter 5) of the Sphere paperback edition. |
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Edwards, Frank in his “Flying Saucers – Serious Business” (1966) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 75 (in Chapter 6) of the Bantam paperback edition, at page 81 of the Mayflower-Dell paperback edition. |
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Edwards, Frank in his “Strangest of All” (1962) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 164 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Signals from Space”) of the Ace paperback edition. |
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Greenfield, Irving A in his “The UFO Report” (1967) at page 60-61 (in Chapter 6) of the Lancer paperback edition. |
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Hennessey, Roger in his “Worlds Without End : The Historic Search for Extraterrestrial Life” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 98, 100 (in Chapter 10) of the Tempus hardback edition. |
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Horowitz, Paul in an interview in David W Swift’s “SETI Pioneers : Scientists Talk About Their Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 407 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Paul Horowitz”) of the Arizona hardback edition. |
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Keel, John A in his “Our Haunted Planet” (1971) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 179-180 (in Chapter 14) of the Fawcett paperback edition. |
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Keel, John A in his “The Cosmic Question” (1975) (formerly “The Eighth Tower”) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 39 (in Chapter 4), 177 (in Chapter 20) of the Panther paperback edition. |
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Keel, John A in his “The Cosmic Question” (1975) (formerly “The Eighth Tower”) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 39 (in Chapter 4) of the Panther paperback edition. |
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Keyhoe, Donald E in his “Aliens from Space” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 60 (in Chapter 4) of the Signet paperback edition, page 75 of the Panther paperback edition. |
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Koerner, David and LeVay, Simon in their “Here Be Dragons” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 161 (in Chapter 7) of the Oxford softcover edition. |
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Lamb, David in his “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence : A Philosophical Inquiry” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 15 (in Chapter 1) of the Routledge softcover edition. |
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Lemonick, Michael in his “Other Worlds“ (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 39-40 (in Chapter 1), 49 (in Chapter 2) of the Simon & Schuster hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Simon & Schuster softcover edition). |
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McConnell, Brian in his “Beyond Contact : A Guide to SETI and Communicating with Alien Civilizations” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 75 (in Chapter 6) of the O’Reilly hardback edition. |
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McDonough, Thomas R in “Are We Alone in the Cosmos” (1999) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 84-85 (in Chapter 2) of the ibooks softcover edition. |
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McDonough, Thomas R in “First Contact” (1990) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 66-67 (in Chapter 2) of the NAL Books hardback edition, at pages 86 of the Headline paperback edition. |
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McDonough, Thomas R in his “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - Listening for Life in the Cosmos” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 28-29 (in Chapter 2) of the Wiley softcover edition. |
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Morris, Peter J in his “Aliens Amongst Us: A Beginner’s Guide” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 78 (in Chapter 7) of the Hodder & Stoughton softcover edition. |
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New York Times in “The Quest For Extraterrestrial Life : A Book of Readings” (1980) (edited by Donald Goldsmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 80 (in Chapter 15) of the University Science Books hardback edition. The relevant chapter is a reprint from New York Times (1922.0616) at page 19. |
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Pillinger, Colin in his “Beagle” (2003) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 59-60 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Is there Life on Mars?”) of the Faber and Faber hardback edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “The Unexplained: Great Mysteries of the 20th Century” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 42 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “1920-1929”) of the Index hardback edition. |
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Ridpath, Ian in his “Worlds Beyond” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 123 (in Chapter 7) of the Wildwood House softcover edition, at page 131 of the revised 1977 Penguin softcover edition entitled “Signs of Life”. |
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Ross, Daniel in his “UFOs and the Complete Evidence from Space: The Truth About Venus, Mars and the Moon” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 65-66 (in Chapter 4) of the Pintado softcover edition. |
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Roulet, Alfred in his “The Search for Intelligent Life in Outer Space” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 26 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Hello, Out There”), 98-99 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “A Challenge to Science”) of the Berkley paperback edition. |
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Rux, Bruce in his “Architects of the Underworld” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 225 (in Chapter 7) of the Frog softcover edition. |
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Shostak, Seth in his “Sharing the Universe” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 151 (in Chapter 7) of the Berkeley Hills softcover edition. |
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Sullivan, Walter in his “We Are Not Alone” (1964) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 180-181 (in Chapter 13) of the Signet paperback revised editions. |
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Swift, David W in his “SETI Pioneers : Scientists Talk About Their Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 6 (in the Introduction) of the Arizona hardback edition. |
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Vesco, Renato and Childress, David Hatcher in their “Man Made UFOs 1944-1994 – 50 Years of Suppression” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 361-362 (in Chapter 11) of the AUP softcover edition. |
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Williamson, George Hunt in his “Other Tongues, Other Flesh” (1953) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 26-27 (in Chapter 1) of the 1990 BE Books softcover edition. |
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Williamson, George Hunt with Bailey, Alfred in their “Other Voices” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) (a reisussed and expanded version of their “The Saucers Speak” (1954)) at pages 43-44 (in Chapter 3) of the Abeldard softcover edition. |
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