The Alien Communication Handbook So We Received a Signal—Now What?
Scientists have been searching for signals from extraterrestrial civilizations since Frank Drake’s first radio survey in 1960. But what would actually happen if SETI’s search succeeds? Is there any way we could even make sense of the signal we receive? Written by an expert in communication systems a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2021, 2021
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2021 |
| Series: | Astronomers' Universe
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. C-Day
- Chapter 2. The Limits of Communication
- Chapter 3. Animal Communication
- Chapter 4. A Timeline of Events
- Chapter 5. Information Delivery
- Chapter 6. Modulation
- Chapter 7. Lessons From Computing and Communications
- Chapter 8. Entropy: Measuring Order and Randomness
- Chapter 9. Algorithmic Communication Systems
- Chapter 10. Images
- Chapter 11. Three-Dimensional Images and Models
- Chapter 12. Four Dimensions (Video and Simulations)
- Chapter 13. Sound
- Chapter 14. Communicating Fundamental Units and Scientific Information
- Chapter 15. Semantic Networks and Constructed Languages
- Chapter 16. Genomic Information
- Chapter 17. The Galactic Internet
- Chapter 18. The Message Analysis and Comprehension Effort
- Chapter 19. What Could We Learn from Another Civilization?