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(Commonly referred to as “the Fermi Paradox”).
Web Resources
Links to various relevant online documents and articles provided by Robert Bradbury:
http://www.aeiveos.com/~bradbury/ETI/FermiParadox/index.html{text}
Book References
For discussion of the date of the relevant lunch see the following:
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Horowitz, Paul in “SETI 2020 : A Roadmap for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence” (2002) (edited by Elkers, Ronald D and Cullers, Kent D and Billingham, John and Scheffer, Louis K) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 373-374 (in Appendix J) of the SETI Press softcover edition. |
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Jones, Eric in his article entitled “ ‘Where is Everybody?’: An Account of Fermi's Question," Los Alamos National Laboratory report number LA-10311-MS, March 1985. Available online at: |
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Webb, Stephen in his “Where is Everybody?: Fifty Solutions to the Fermi Paradox” (2002) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 17-18 (in Chapter 2), 245 (in the Notes and Further Reading) of the Copernicus hardback edition. |
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For discussion of the Fermi Paradox see the following:
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Achenbach, Joel in his “Captured by Aliens” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 16-17, 23 (in Chapter 1), 61 (in Chapter 5), 158 (in Chapter 14), 356-357 (in Chapter 36) of the Simon and Schuster hardback edition. |
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Aczel, Amir in his “Probability 1” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 8-9 (in Chapter 1), 193 (in Chapter 9) of the Little Brown hardback edition. |
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Angelo, Joseph A in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia: Man’s Search for Life in Outer Space” (1985) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 51-52 (in the entry entitled “Fermi paradox – ‘where are they?’ ”), 77-78 (in the entry entitled “Laboratory hypothesis”) of the revised 1991 Fact on File hardback edition. |
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Ashpole, Edward in his “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence”(1989) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 7, 14 (in Chapter 1) of the Blandford softcover edition. |
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Ashpole, Edward in his “Where is Everybody?” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 7, 15 (in Chapter 2) of the Sigma Press softcover edition. |
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Asimov, Isaac in “Are We Alone in the Cosmos” (1999) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 45 (in Chapter 1) of the ibooks softcover edition. |
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Asimov, Isaac in “First Contact” (1990) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 29 (in Chapter 1) of the NAL Books hardback edition, at pages 38-39 of the Headline paperback edition. |
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Baxter, Stephen in his “Deep Future” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 176-177 (in Chapter 21), 179-189 (in Chapter 22) of the Gollancz paperback edition. |
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Berry, Adrian in his “The Giant Leap” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 61 (in Chapter 4) of the revised Headline softcover edition. |
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Bizony, Piers in his “The Exploration of Mars: Searching for the Cosmic Origins of Life” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 170-171, 174-175 (in Chapter 8) of the Aurum softcover edition. |
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Boyce, Chris in his Extraterrestrial Encounter (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 141 (in Chapter 11) of the David & Charles hardback edition, at page 131 of the 1980 revised NEL paperback edition. |
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Brin, David 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 137, 143-159 (in Chapter 3, essay entitled “Mystery of the Great Silence”) of the ibooks softcover edition. |
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Brin, David in “First Contact” (1990) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 118, 123-139 (in Chapter 3, essay entitled “Mystery of the Great Silence”) of the NAL Books hardback edition, at pages 154-155, 161-183 of the Headline paperback edition. |
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Brin, David in “Making Contact” (1997) (edited by Bill Fawcett) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 240-242 (in Section 3), 276-287 (in Section 4) of the Morrow hardback edition. |
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Bryan, C D B in his “Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind: Alien Abduction, UFOs, and the Conference at MIT” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 155 (in Chapter 5) of the Weidenfeld & Nicolson hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Knopf hardback edition and the Penguin Arkana softcover edition) at page 207 of the Orion paperback edition. |
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Carlson, John B in Richard Hall’s “Uninvited Guests” (1988) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 17-20 (in the Foreword) of the Aurora Press paperback 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 pages 8-9, 10 (in the Prologue), 90-91 (in Chapter 3), 209-222 (in Chapter 6) of the Fromm hardback edition. |
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Clark, Stuart in his “Life on Other Worlds and How to Find It” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 155-156 (in Chapter 11) of the Springer hardback edition. |
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Cohen, Jack and Stewart, Ian in their “Evolving the Alien” (2002) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 311 (in Chapter 13) of the Ebury Press hardback edition. |
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Coomer, David in his “The UFO Investigator’s Guide” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 58-59 (in Chapter 5) of the Blandford softback edition. |
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Darling, David in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 153 (in the entry entitled “Fermi, Enrico (1901-54)”), 153-154 (in the entry entitled “Fermi Paradox) 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 entries entitled “Fermi, Enrico (1901-1954)” and “Fermi Paradox”. The relevant entries are available online respectively at: |
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Davies, Paul in his “Are we Alone?“ (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 45 (in Chapter 4) of the Penguin paperback 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 218-220 (in Chapter 7) of the |
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Dick, Steven J in his “The Biological Universe” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 443-448, 450 (in Chapter 8) of the |
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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 pages 130-131 (in Chapter 6), 203 (in Chapter 9) of the Pocket Books paperback edition. |
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Edelson, Edward in his “Who Goes There?” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 74-75 (in Chapter 6) of the NEL paperback edition (with the same page numbering in the NEL paperback edition combining this book and Chris Boyce’s “Extraterrestrial Encounter). |
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Emmons, Charles F in his “At The Threshold: UFOs, Science and the New Age” (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 43-44 (in Chapter 4), 125 (in Chapter 7) of the Wild Flower Press softcover edition. |
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Fawcett, Bill in “Making Contact” (1997) (edited by Bill Fawcett) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 185 (in Section 3) of the Morrow hardback edition. |
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Friedman, Stanton in his “Flying Saucers and Science : A Scientist Investigates the Mysteries of UFOs” (2008) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 141, 145-147 (in Chapter 5) of the New Page softcover edition. |
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Goldsmith, Donald and Tobias Owen in their “The Search for Life in the Universe” (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 427-432 (in Chapter 22) of the Benjamin Cummings softcover edition, at pages 505-517 (in Chapter 21) of the 1992 Addison Wesley softcover revised second edition. |
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Goodwin, Simon with John Gribbin in their “XTL” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 144-147 (in Chapter 4) of the Weidenfeld & Nicolson softcover edition. |
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Guthke, Karl S in his “The Last Frontier : Imagining Other Worlds From the Copernican Revolution to Modern Science Fiction: Imagining Other Worlds From the Copernican Revolution to Modern Science Fiction” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 14 (in Chapter 1.1) of the Cornell University softcover edition. |
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Halpern, Paul in his “The Quest For Alien Planets” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 250-258 (in Chapter 8) of the Plenum Trade hardback edition. |
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Harrison, Albert A in his “After Contact: The Human Response to Extraterrestrial Life” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 187-188 (in Chapter 7), 304-305 (in Chapter 12) of the Plenum Trade hardback edition. |
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Hart, Michael in “Extraterrestrials: Where are they?” (1982) (edited by Michael Hart and Ben Zuckerman) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 1-8 (in Chapter 1) of the |
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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 126-127, 133 (in Chapter 12) of the Tempus hardback edition. |
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Horowitz, Paul in “Alien Discussions: Abduction Study Conference Held at M. I. T.” (1994) (edited by Andrea Pritchard et al.) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 425 (in Chapter 5, unnumbered sub-chapter entitled “Terrestrial Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence”) of the North Cambridge Press hardback edition. |
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Horowitz, Paul in “SETI 2020 : A Roadmap for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence” (2002) (edited by Elkers, Ronald D and Cullers, Kent D and Billingham, John and Scheffer, Louis K) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 373-374 (in Appendix J) of the SETI Press softcover edition. |
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Jakosky, Bruce in his “The Search for Life on Other Planets” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 285-286 (in Chapter 17) of the |
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Kanon, Gregory M in his “The Great UFO Hoax” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 1 (in Chapter 1) of the Galde Press softcover edition. |
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Koerner, David & LeVay, Simon in their “Here Be Dragons” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 176-177, 181 (in Chapter 7), 212 (in Chapter 9) of the |
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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 pages 4 (in the Introduction), 157-181 (in Chapter 6) 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 243-244 (in Chapter 13) of the Simon & Schuster hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Simon & Schuster softcover edition). |
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Leslie, John in “Many Worlds” (2000) (edited by Stephen J Dick) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 120, 122-123 (in Part |
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Mannion, Michael in his “Project Mindshift” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 148 (in Chapter 5) of the Evans hardback 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 pages 63-68 (in Chapter 5) of the O’Reilly hardback 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 191, 202-204 (in Chapter 15) of the Wiley softcover edition. |
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Nicolson, Iain in his “The Road to the Stars” (1988) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 204-209 (in Chapter 11) of the Book Club Associates hardback edition. |
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Parker, Barry in his “Alien Life” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 185 (in Chapter 11) of the Plenum Trade hardback edition. |
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Phillips, Ken in “UFOs: The Final Answer?” (1993) (edited by David Barclay and Therese Marie Barclay) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 61-62 (in Chapter 3) of the Blandford softcover edition. |
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Poundstone, William in his “Carl Sagan: A Life in the Cosmos” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 21-23 (in the chapter entitled “Chicago 1951- |
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Randles, Jenny and Hough, Peter in their “Looking for the Aliens” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 201, 202-206 (in Chapter 22) of the Blandford softcover edition. |
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Rescher, Nicholas in “Extraterrestrials: Science and alien intelligence” (1985) (edited by Edward Regis) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 96-102, 106-109 (in Part 4) of the Cambridge University Press softcover edition. |
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Ridpath, Ian in his “Life Off Earth” (1983) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 96-97 (in Chapter 8) of the |
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Ridpath, Ian in his “Messages from the Stars” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 172-177 (in Chapter 11) of the |
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Rood, Robert and Trefil, James in their “Are We Alone?“ (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 217-219 (in Chapter 14), 240-242 (in Chapter 16), 245-249 (in Chapter 17) of the Scribners hardback edition. |
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Sagan, Carl in his “Other Worlds“ (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 16 of the Bantam paperback edition. |
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Sagan, Carl in his “The Cosmic Connection” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 228, 232 (in Chapter 33) of the Double Day hardcover edition, with the same page numbering in the Coronet softcover edition. |
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Shapiro, Robert in his “Planetary Dreams” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 251 (in Chapter 11) of the Wiley hardback edition. |
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Shostak, Seth in his “Sharing the Universe” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 126-129 (in Chapter 6), 131, 137, 138 (in Chapter 7) of the Berkeley Hills softcover edition. |
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Singer, Cliff in “Extraterrestrials: Where are they?” (1982) (edited by Michael Hart and Ben Zuckerman) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 70, 79 (in Chapter 9) of the |
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Stephenson, David G 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 246 (in Chapter 47) of the University Science Books hardback edition. The relevant chapter is a reprint of “Extraterrestrial Cultures within the Solar System?” in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, volume 20, pages 422ff (1979). |
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Swords, Michael D in Jerome Clark’s “The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning - 2nd edition” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) in Volume 1:A-K at pages 370-371 (in an entry entitled “Extraterrestrial Hypthothesis and Science”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition. |
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Swords, Michael in Jerome Clark’s “The UFO Encyclopedia: 1st edition: Volume 3 – High Strangeness” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 186-187 (in an entry entitled “Extraterrestrial Hypothesis and Science”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition. |
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Tipler, Frank in “Extraterrestrials: Science and alien intelligence” (1985) (edited by Edward Regis) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 133-134 (in Part 4) of the Cambridge University Press softcover edition. The relevant chapter is a reprint of Frank Tipler’s article “Extraterrestrial Intelligent Beings do not Exist” (1980), Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 21, pages 267-281. |
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Tonnies, Mac in his “After the Martian Apocalypse” (2004) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 196-197 (in Chapter 9) of the Paraview Pocket Books softcover edition. |
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Von Hoerner, Sebastian in “Extraterrestrials: Where are they?” (1982) (edited by Michael Hart and Ben Zuckerman) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 29-33 (in Chapter 4) of the |
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Webb, Stephen in his “Where is Everybody?: Fifty Solutions to the Fermi Paradox” (2002) generally, particularly at pages 1-274 of the Copernicus hardback edition. The “fifty solutions” are summarised in the chapter headings, available online at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0387955011/ref=pm_dp_ln_b_2/103-1697382-7631037?v=glance&s=books&vi=contents |
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White, Frank in his “The SETI Factor” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 28-34 (in Chapter 3), 96-100 (in Chapter 7) of the |
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White, Michael in his “Life Out There” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages x-xi (in the Introduction), 185-187 (in Chapter 10) of the Little, Brown & Co hardback edition. |
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Wilkinson, David in his “Alone in the Universe?” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 75-76, 84 (in Chapter 5) of the Monarch softcover edition. |
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Zubrin, Robert in his “Entering Space: Creating a Spacefaring Civilization” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 248, 258 (in Chapter 11) of the Tarcher Putnam hardback edition. |
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Zuckerman, Ben in “Extraterrestrials: Where are they?” (1982) (edited by Michael Hart and Ben Zuckerman) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page ix (in the Preface to the Second Edition) of the |
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Zuckerman, Ben in “Extraterrestrials: Where are they?” (1982) (edited by Michael Hart and Ben Zuckerman) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page xi (in the Preface to the First Edition) of the |
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