1977.0506 Kuiper on colonisation

 

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Kuiper on colonisation
On 6 May 1977, the journal Science published a paper by Thomas B H Kuiperof the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (“JPL”) and Mark Morris of Cal Tech which concludes that “the glaxy is either essentially empty with respect to technological civilizations or extensively colonized”.

 

 

 

Sections below

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 170-177 (in Chapter 34) of the University Science Books hardback edition.

For discussion of the Kuiper and Morris paper ee the following:

 

Year

Discussion by:

 

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1996

Dick, Steven J in his “The Biological Universe” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 511-512 (in Chapter 10) of the Cambridge hardback edition.

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1978

Edelson, Edward in his “Who Goes There?” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 99-103 (in Chapter 8) 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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2001

Greenwell, J Richard in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 179 (in an entry entitled “Extraterrestrial Hypothesis”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at page 176 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition).

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2001

Greenwell, J Richard in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 215-216 (in an entry entitled “Extraterrestrial Hypothesis”) of the Robinson softcover edition.

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1980

Greenwell, Richard J in “The Encyclopedia of UFOs” (1980) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 118 (forming part of an entry entitled “Extraterrestrial hypothesis”) of the NEL hardback 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 page 168 (in Chapter 6) of the Routledge softcover edition.

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1978

Ridpath, Ian in his “Messages from the Stars” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 119 (in Chapter 7) of the Fontana paperback edition.

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Other Material

Kuiper, T B H & Morris M, "Searching for Extraterrestrial Civilizations," Science, Volume 196, pages 616-621 (1977).