During 1982, Carl Sagan publishes a petition of scientists favouring an international SETI in the journal Science, stating “We are unanimous in our conviction that the only significant test of the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence is an experimental one. No a priori arguments on this subject can be compelling or should be used as a substitute for an observational program”.
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Book References
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Billings, Linda in “First Contact” (1990) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 233-234 (in Chapter 7) of the NAL Books hardback edition, at pages 295-296 of the Headline paperback 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 197-198 (in Chapter 9), 259-265 (in Appendix C, entitled “Signatories to the SETI Petition”) of the Pocket Books paperback 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 258-259 (in Chapter 8) of the Plenum Trade hardback edition. |
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Papagiannis, Michael 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 210-211 (in Chapter 5) of the ibooks softcover edition. |
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Papagiannis, Michael in “First Contact” (1990) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 186 (in Chapter 5) of the NAL Books hardback edition, at page 236 of the Headline paperback 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 275-276 (in the chapter entitled “Los Angeles 1978- |
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Regis, Edward in “Extraterrestrials: Science and alien intelligence” (1985) (edited by Edward Regis) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 231 (in Part 6) of the Cambridge University Press softcover edition. |
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Other Material
Sagan, Carl. "Extraterrestrial Intelligence: An International Petition". Science, vol. 218 (1982) page 426