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If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY?: Fifty Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life
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Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe
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Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars
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The Eerie Silence: Renewing Our Search for Alien Intelligence
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The Contact Paradox: Challenging Our Assumptions in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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Is Anyone Out There? The Scientific Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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First Contact: Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth
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Mirror Earth: The Search for Our Planet's Twin
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Alone in the Universe: Why Our Planet Is Unique
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Lucky Planet: Why Earth is Exceptional-and What That Means for Life in the Universe
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Sharing the Universe: Perspectives on Extraterrestrial Life
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Cosmic Company: The Search for Life in the Universe
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Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: SETI Past, Present, and Future
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The Elusive Wow: Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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Mathematical SETI: Statistics, Signal Processing, Space Missions (Springer Praxis Books)
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Science, Seti, and Mathematics
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The Life of Super-Earths: How the Hunt for Alien Worlds and Artificial Cells Will Revolutionize Life on Our Planet
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SETI 2020: A Roadmap for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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Social Implications of the Detection of Extraterrestrial Civilization: Report on Workshops As the Cultural Aspects of Seti
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Project Cyclops: A Design Study of A System for Detecting Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life
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Looking for Life in the Universe: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Scientists in the Field Series)
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Biocosm: The New Scientific Theory of Evolution: Intelligent Life Is the Architect of the Universe
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Are We Alone? Scientists Search for Life in Space
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Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication, History of SETI, Astrobiology, Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Space Aliens, Primer on Cosmology, Search for Radio Messages
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Probability 1: Why There Must Be Intelligent Life in the Universe
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Intelligent Life in the Universe
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Intelligent Life in the Universe: Principles and Requirements Behind Its Emergence
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Astrobiological Neurosystems: Rise and Fall of Intelligent Life Forms in the Universe (Astronomers' Universe)
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SETI Pioneers: Scientists Talk about Their Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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Here Be Dragons: The Scientific Quest for Extraterrestrial Life
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Are We Alone? Philosophical Implications of the Discovery of Extraterrestrial Life
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3.92 avg rating — 319 ratings
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Extraterrestrial Civilizations
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Faint Echoes, Distant Stars: The Science & Politics of Finding Life Beyond Earth
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The Search for Extraterrestrials: Intercepting Alien Signals (Springer Praxis Books)
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