1964.0221 Nonprevalence of humanoids

 

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Nonprevalence of humanoids
On 21 February 1964, the journal Science publishes an article entitled “The nonprevalence of humanoids” by George Gaylord Simpson.

 

 

 

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1. Web Resources

2. Book References

3. Other material

 

Web Resources

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Book References

Complete text of article reprinted in “The Quest For Extraterrestrial Life : A Book of Readings” (1980) (edited by Donald Goldsmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 214-221 (in Chapter 39) of the University Science Books hardback edition.

Material based on this article reprinted in George Gaylord Simpson’s “This View of Life: The World of an Evolutionist” (1964) at pages 253-271 (in Chapter 13) of the Harcourt, Brace & World hardback edition.

For discussion of “The nonprevalence of humanoids” see the following:

 

Year

Discussion by:

 

No. of Pages

1999

Achenbach, Joel in his “Captured by Aliens” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 53 (in Chapter 5) of the Simon and Schuster hardback edition.

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2000

Darling, David in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 389-390 (in the entry entitled “Simpson, George Gaylord (1902-84)”) of the Three Rivers softcover edition.

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2003

Darling, David in his online encyclopedia, “The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight” (2003) in the entry entitled “Simpson, George Gaylord (1902-1984)”. The relevant entry is available online at:

http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/S/Simpson.html

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1999

Davidson, Keay in his “Carl Sagan: A Life” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 176 (in Chapter 7) of the Wiley softcover edition.

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1998

Davies, Paul in his “The Fifth Miracle” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 226-227 (in Chapter 10) of the Penguin Press hardcover edition.

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1998

Dick, Steven J in his “Life on Other Worlds“ (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 194-195 (in Chapter 6) of the Cambridge hardback edition.

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1996

Dick, Steven J in his “The Biological Universe” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 392-397 (in Chapter 7) of the Cambridge hardback edition.

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1991

Drake, Frank and Sobel, Dava in their “Is Anyone Out There?“ (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 208-210 (in Chapter 9) of the Pocket Books paperback edition.

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1980

Fox, Sidney W in “The Quest For Extraterrestrial Life : A Book of Readings” (1980) (edited by Donald Goldsmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 222-233 (in Chapter 40) of the University Science Books hardback edition. The relevant chapter is a reprint of “Humanoids and Proteinoids”, Science, Volume 144 (1964), pages 954ff.

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1990

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 pages 8-9 (in Chapter 1.1) of the Cornell University softcover edition.

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2001

Lamb, David in his “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence : A Philosophical Inquiry” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 152-153 (in Chapter 6) of the Routledge softcover edition.

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1985

Mayr, Ernst in “Extraterrestrials: Science and alien intelligence” (1985) (edited by Edward Regis) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 29, footnote 1 (in Part 2) of the Cambridge University Press softcover edition.

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1985

Nicholas Rescher in “Extraterrestrials: Science and alien intelligence” (1985) (edited by Edward Regis) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 109-110 (in Part 3) of the Cambridge University Press softcover edition.

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1985

Raup, David M in “Extraterrestrials: Science and alien intelligence” (1985) (edited by Edward Regis) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 31, 35-37 (in Part 2) of the Cambridge University Press softcover edition.

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1985

Regis, Edward in “Extraterrestrials: Science and alien intelligence” (1985) (edited by Edward Regis) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 242 (in Part 6) of the Cambridge University Press softcover edition.

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1985

Regis, Edward in “Extraterrestrials: Science and alien intelligence” (1985) (edited by Edward Regis) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 20 (in the introduction to Part 2) of the Cambridge University Press softcover edition.

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1975

Ridpath, Ian in his “Worlds Beyond” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 44-46 (in Chapter 2) of the Wildwood House softcover edition.

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1974

Salisbury, Frank in his “The Utah UFO Display: A Biologist’s Report” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 237 (in the Appendix entitled “Annotated Bibliography”) of the Devin Adair hardback edition.

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1977

Stull, Mark A in “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence : NASA Special Publication 419 (“NASA SP 419”)” (1977) (edited by Morrison, Philip and Billingham, John and Wolfe, John) at page 27 (in Section 2, in Colloquie 2) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration softcover edition. Text of relevant report available free online at: http://history.nasa.gov/SP-419/contents.htm

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1964

Sullivan, Walter in his “We Are Not Alone” (1964) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 108-109 (in Chapter 9), 248-249 (in Chapter 17) of the Signet paperback revised editions.

4

1993

Thompson, Richard in his “Alien Identities: Ancient Insights into Modern UFO Pheonemena” (1993) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 135 (in Chapter 4) of the GHP revised softcover edition.

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1985

Tipler, Frank in “Extraterrestrials: Science and alien intelligence” (1985) (edited by Edward Regis) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 133 (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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1975

Weldon, John and Levitt, Zola in their “Encounters With UFOs“ (1975) (formerly “UFOs, What on Earth is Happening?”) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 67-68, 69 (in Chapter 4), 141 (in Chapter 8) of the Harvest House paperback edition.

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Other Material

Simpson, George Gaylord “The nonprevalence of humanoids”, Science, Volume 143 (1964), pages 769-775.