During June 1975, Michael Hart’s paper entitled “An Explanation for the Absence of Extraterrestrials on Earth” was published by the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society.
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Book References
Complete text reprinted 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 generally) of the Cambridge softcover second edition.
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 228-231 (in Chapter 42) of the University Science Books hardback edition.
For discussion of Hart’s paper 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 65-66 (in Chapter 6) of the Simon and Schuster hardback edition. |
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Cox, Laurence 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 232-235 (in Chapter 43) of the University Science Books hardback edition. The relevant chapter is a reprint of “An Explanation for the Absence of Extraterrestrials on Earth”, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, volume 17, pages 201ff (1976). |
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Davidson, Keay in his “Carl Sagan: A Life” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 346 (in Chapter 14) of the Wiley softcover 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 pages 202-204 (in Chapter 9) of the Pocket Books paperback edition. |
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Schwartzman, David 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 264-265 (in Chapter 51) of the University Science Books hardback edition. The relevant chapter is a reprint of “The Absence of Extraterrestrials on Earth and the Prospects for CETI” in Icarus, Volume 23 (1977), pages 473ff. |
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Other Material
Hart, Michael “An Explanation for the Absence of Extraterrestrials on Earth”, in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, volume 16, pages 128-135 (1975).