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Title: Are We Alone?: Philosophical Implications of the Discovery of Extraterrestrial Life by P. C. W. Davies ISBN: 0-465-00419-9 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: August, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.21 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Broad Scope
Comment: Paul Davies' book Are We Alone? is deceptively simple. While its purported topic is the possibility of alien life, it also covers and covers more extensively the various theories of sentience, what it is, why it is, and how common it might be. It also explains the anthropic principle, which uses the fact that we exist to explain why the universe is as it is. The volume is a little too short to cover the topics well, but it is definitely very lucid. It also contains a very nice bibliography, a veritable who's who of cosmology and the extraterrestrial question, including Barrow and Tipler (The Anthropic Cosmological Principle), Crick (Life Itself), Dawkins (The Blind Watchmaker), Drake (Is Anyone Out There?), Gould (Wonderful Life), Hoyle (The Intelligent Universe), and Sagan (The Cosmic Connection). This book definitely makes a fine start to understanding the topic of intelligent life and the possibility of its existence elsewhere.
Rating: 5
Summary: An amazing book!
Comment: This is an excellent discussion of the concept of extraterrestrial life and its philosophical implications for humanity.This book also delves into the areas of complex systems, emergent phenomena and consciousness.I highly recommend it for anyone with even a mild interest in this area
Rating: 5
Summary: We're not.
Comment: This is a great book, regardless of the fact that it is broad and simplified. After all, that's what the author intended to do (so stated in the introduction). It's not meant to prove existence of aliens to the reader, merely to open new doors and trains of thought. Brilliantly written, well done, I liked it. Some reviewers are too hard on this book because it doesn't offer a complex, scientifically-proven base of information with regards to the subject. Well, give the guy some credit, that proof just doesn't exist. He does a fantastic job writing with what he has, and I recommend this book to anyone who thinks about the unknown.
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Title: Other Worlds by P. C. W. Davies ISBN: 0140138773 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Beyond Contact: A Guide to SETI and Communicating with Alien Civilizations by Brian S. McConnell ISBN: 0596000375 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Last Three Minutes: Conjectures About the Ultimate Fate of the Universe (Science Masters Series) by P. C. W. Davies ISBN: 0465038514 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: January, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Sharing the Universe: Perspectives on Extraterrestrial Life by Seth Shostak, Frank Drake, G. Seth Shostak ISBN: 0965377431 Publisher: Berkeley Hills Books Pub. Date: January, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Superstrings : A Theory of Everything? by P. C. W. Davies, Julian R. Brown ISBN: 052143775X Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 31 July, 1992 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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