![]() ![]() ![]() What would it mean, in the first place, if we were to detect a signal from the cosmos that would prove we're neither alone nor the smartest creatures in the universe?" Astronomy, '. ponders the posibility of aliens visiting Earth. She presents BBC's Final Frontier a space and astronomy programme. She is well-known in the science centre, planetarium and media worlds, particularly for public and educational programmes involving space and astronomy. ![]() Alex Barnett is Programme Director at the National Space Centre. Before coming to SETI, Seth did research work on galaxies using radio telescopes at observatories and universities in America and Europe. He also teaches several informal education classes on astronomy and other topics in the Bay Area. Seth Shostak is a Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute where he is involved in many of the outreach activities of the Institute, including editing the newsletter, overseeing the Web site, giving talks and writing magazine articles about SETI. Shostak and Barnett, experienced writers of popular astronomy, provide an accessible overveiw of the science and technology behind the search for life in the universe. They explain why scientists think life might exist on other worlds, and how we might contact it. In Cosmic Company, Seth Shostak and Alex Barnett ponder the possibility of aliens visiting the Earth, as well as the consequences of receiving a signal from the cosmos proving we're neither alone, nor the most intelligent life forms. ![]()
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