Making contact: Jill Tarter and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence [First Pegasus books edition] 9781681774411, 9781681774916, 1681774410, 9781681778020, 1681778025

Jill Tarter is a pioneer, an innovator, an adventurer, and a controversial force. At a time when women weren’t encourage

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English Pages 275 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm Year 2017

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Table of contents :
How'd a nice girl like you get into a field like this? --
Babies, brown dwarfs, and big moves --
Making the Allen Telescope Array --
The future of the alien-hunting telescope --
A question for our time --
The politics of science and new projects --
The quest for contact --
the last chapter --
Extremophiles and exoplanets --
Shouting into the void --
A timeline of SETI.

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Making Contact 9781681774916

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The Contact Paradox: Challenging Our Assumptions in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence 9781472960436, 9781472960429

In 1974 a message was beamed towards the stars by the giant Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico, a brief blast of radio wav

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SETI: Astronomy as a Contact Sport: A Conversation with Jill Tarter 9781771701150

This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Jill Tarter, Chair Emeritus for SETI Research a

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Empire of horses: the first nomadic civilization and the making of China [First Pegasus Books hardcover edition] 9781643133270, 9781643133829, 1643133276

The author of landmark histories such asGenghis Khan, Attila, andXanaduinvites us to discover a fertile period in Asian

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Meghan and Harry: the real story [First Pegasus Books edition] 9781643136745, 9781643136752, 1643136747

**AWall Street Journalbestseller** This blockbuster narrative provides the first behind-the-scenes, authoritative accou

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Making Contact: Preparing for the New Realities of Extraterrestrial Existence 1250773946, 9781250773944

"I feel it is one of the best approaches I have found to grasp the most jarring enigma humanity has ever faced.&quo

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Winners: And How They Succeed [First Pegasus Books hardcover edition] 9781605988801, 9781605988818, 1605988804

Introduction to the American edition -- The holy trinity. Strategy ; Leadership ; Teamship ; The strategist : José Mouri

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The tragedy of Benedict Arnold: an American life [First Pegasus books hardcover edition] 9781681777375, 9781681778167, 1681777371

Introduction -- The price of honor -- Great expectations -- Descent -- The fortunes of war -- Taking charge -- Smooth an

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The lost girls: love & literature in wartime London [First Pegasus Books hardcover edition] 9781643133157, 1643133152

Who were the Lost Girls? Chic, glamorous, and bohemian, as likely to be found living in a rat-haunted maisonette as dini

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Being John Lennon: A Restless Life [First Pegasus books hardcover edition] 9781643130538, 9781643130910, 1643130536

An intimate yet unsparing biography of one of the greatest and most mythologised musicians of the twentieth century. Joh

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