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Catalogue of Seti Publications CATALOGUE OF SETI PUBLICATIONS Stephane Dumas jgsdumas@gmail April 16, 2015 2 Contents Introduction 5 Papers 7 Popular books 51 Proceedings 59 Reports 123 IAC conferences 125 3 4 Introduction This document is continuously updated, this is not a definitive version. The date on the cover is used to indicate the latest update This work has been commissioned by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) SETI Permanent Committee as part of the history of SETI working group. It is not intended as an ultimate reference in the matter but rather a compilation of publications related to SETI. It should be used as a starting point of any SETI bibliographic research. This document has been produced as a Portable Format Document (PDF). Any software that is used to display the PDF can also do search inside the document. For any corrections or additions, please send your comments to [email protected] 5 6 PAPERS List of papers related to SETI The following table has four columns. The first is an index. The second lists the authours of the publication. The third column is the title. The fourth column lists information related to the papers such as the journal, the volume, etc. The whole table has been sorted by first authour. (P001) Ailleris, P. The lure of local SETI : fifty years of Acta Astronautica, field experiments v68, p.2-15, (2011) (P002) Almar, I. SETI and astrobiology : the Rio scale Acta Astronautica, and the London scale v69, p.899-904, (2011) (P003) Almar, I. SETI terminology : do we interpret Acta Astronautica, SETI terms correctly ? v68, p.351-357, (2011) (P004) Almar, I. Discovery of extra-terrestrial life: as- Phil. Trans. R. Race, M.S. sessment by scales of its importance and Soc. A, v369, associated risks (2011) (P005) Almar, I. How the Rio scale should be improved (P006) Almar, I. The discovery of ETI as a high- Tarter, J. consequence, low-probability event (P007) Altunin, V.I. Prospects for using soviet DSN anten- ASP conference se- nas for SETI ries, v47, (1993) (P008) Ambarzumian, V.A. First Soviet-American Conference on Icarus, v16, p.412- Communication with Extraterrestrial 414, (1972) Inteligence (CETI) 7 8 (P009) Ambarzumian, V.A. List of participants CETI conference (1971) Byurakan, 5-11 September, 1971 (P010) Anderson, D. P. SETI at Home Internet Distributed ASP Conference Werthimer, D. Computing for SETI Series, v213, p.511- Cobb, J. 518, (2000) (P011) Aretxaga-Burgos, R. Cultural implications of the search and Genesis - in the Chela-Flores, J. eventual discovery of a second genesis beginning pre- cursors of life, chemical models and early biological evolution, v22, p.873-890, (2012) (P012) Armstrong, S. Eternity in six hours : intergalactic Acta Astronautica, Sandberg, A. spreading of intelligent life and sharp- v89, p.1-13, (2013) ening the Fermi paradox (P013) Arrhenius, S. The transmission of life through the universe (P014) Ashkenazi, M. SETI and Human Behavior : Human Arbold, R. Responses to an ETI Signal Detection Coulter, G. (P015) Atri, D. A Protocol for Messaging to Extrater- DeMarines, J. restrial Intelligence Haqq-Misra, J. (P016) Atwell, E. A corpus for interstellar communication Elliott, J. (P017) Atwell, E. Comparing linguistic interpretation Demetriou, G. schemes for English corpora Hugghes, J. (P018) Backus, P. R. Real time data acquisition in SETI Acta Astronautica, Jordan, J. C. v26, #3, p.169-172, Harper, D. G. (1992) (P019) Backus, P. R. Project Phoenix - SETI Observations ASP Conference from 1200 to 1750 MHz with the Up- Series, v278, p.525- graded Arecibo Telescopes 527, (2002) 9 (P020) Backus, P.R. The NASA SETI Microwave Observing ASP Conference Project Targeted Search Series, v47, (1993) (P021) Bainbridge, W. S. Attitudes Toward Interstellar Commu- JBIS, v36, p.298- nication - An Empirical Study 304, (1983) (P022) Balazs, B. A. SETI and the Galactic Belt of Intelli- ASP Conference gent Life Series, v213, p.441- 444, (2000) (P023) Ball, J.A. The Zoo hypothesis Icarus, v19, p.347- 349, (1973) (P024) Banin, A. Chemical fingerprint of life in terrestrial Icarus, v37, p.347- Navrot, J. soils and their possible use for the de- 350, (1979) tection of life on Mars and other planets (P025) Baster, S. A SETI metapolicy : new directions to- Acta Astronautica, Elliott, J. wards comprehensive policies concern- v78, p.31-36, (2012) ing the detection of extraterrestrial in- telligence (P026) Bates, D. R. Communication with galactic civiliza- Physics Bulletin, tions v23, p.26-29, (1972) (P027) Baum, S.D. Would Contact with Extraterrestrials Acta Astronautica, Haqq-Misra, J. Benefit or Harm Humanity? A Scenario v68, #11, p.2114- Analysis 2129, (2011) (P028) Benford, G. searching for cost optimized interstellar Benford, J. beacons Benford, D. (P029) Benford, J. cost optimized interstellar beacons: Benford, G. meti Benford, D. (P030) Benford, J. Messaging with cost optimized inter- Benford, G. stellar beacons Benford, D. (P031) Berg, A.S. Scanning the cosmos: the search for life Mcgill Science in the universe undergraduate research journal, v7, (2012) 10 (P032) Betz, A. A directed search for extraterrestrial laser signals (P033) Bezsudnov, I. Where is Everybody?.. Wait a Mo- Snarskii, A. ment... New Approach to the Fermi Paradox (P034) Bhathal, R. SETI education programs in Austrlia Acta Astronautica, Vozzo, L. v46, #10, p.701- Ross, D. 705, (2000) (P035) Bhathal, R. Australian optical SETI project ASP Conference Series, v213, p.553- 558, (2000) (P036) Billingham, J. A review of the theory of interstellar Acta Astronautica, Oliver, B. M. communication v6, p.47-57, (1979) Wolfe, J. H. (P037) Billingham, J. Cultural aspects of the search for ex- Acta Astronautica, traterrestrial intelligence v42, #10, p.711- 719, (1998) (P038) Billingham, J. Detection of the Earth with the SETI Acta Astronautica, Tarter, J. microwave observing system assumed v26, #3, p.185-188, to be operating out in the galaxy (1992) (P039) Billingham, J. Pesek Lecture : SETI and society : de- Acta Astronautica, cision trees v51, #10, p.667- 672, (2002) (P040) Billingham, J. Risk and value analysis of SETI Acta Astronautica, v21, #2, p.69-72, (1990) (P041) Billingham, J. Summary of results of the seminar on ASP conference se- the cultural impact of extraterrestrial ries, v213, p.667- contact 675, (2000) (P042) Billingham, J. costs and difficulties of large-scale mes- Benford, J. saging,and the need for international debate on potential risks (P043) Billingham, J. Search for extraterrestrial intelligence 11 (P044) Biraud, F. Conclusion of the selected target search Acta Astronautica, Tarter, J. at the Nancay observatory v26, #3, p.201-204, (1992) (P045) Biraud, F. SETI at the Nancay radiotelescope Acta Astronautica, v10, #11, p.759- 760, (1983) (P046) Blair, D. G. A list of possible interstellar communi- Astron. Astro- Zadnik, M. G. cation channel frequencies for SETI phys., #278, p.669- 672, (1993) (P047) Blair, D. G. A narrow-band search for extraterres- Mon. Not. R. Astr. Norris, R. P. trial intelligence using the interstellar Soc, #257, p.105- Troup, E. R. contact channel hypothesis 109, (1992) (P048) Bostrom, N. Where are they? MIT technology review, p.72-77, (2008) (P049) Bowyer, S. The Berkeley parasitic SETI program Icarus, v53, p.147- Zeitlin, G. 155, (1983) Tarter, J. (P050) Bowywe, S. Forty Trillion Signals From Serendip - ASP Conference The Berkeley SETI Program Series, v74, p.285- 292, (1995) (P051) Bozhilov, V. The Entropy Principle and the influ- (2010) Duncan, H. F. ence of sociological pressures on SETI (P052) Bracewell, R. N. An Extended Drake Equation, the Acta Astronautica, longevity separation relation inhomo- v6, p.67-69, (1979) geneities and chain formation (P053) Bracewell, R. N. Searching for nonsolar planets Icarus, v38, p.136- MacPhie, R. H. 147, (1979) (P054) Bracewell, R. N. Communications from superior galactic Nature, v186, communities p.670-671, (1960) (P055) Breher, J. W. Against the use of power law luminosity functions for ET beacons 12 (P056) Brin, D. The Great Silence : the controversy Q.Jl. R. Astr. Concerning Extraterrestrial Intelligent Soc., #24, p.283- Life 309, (1983) (P057) Brin, D. a contrarian perspective on altruism : the dangers of first contact (P058) Briot, D. Is it the first use of the word Astrobiol- ogy ? (P059) Busch, M. W. Testing SETI Message Designs Reddick, R. M. (P060) Callimahos, L. Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence (P061) Carrigan, R. Starry Messages : Searching for Signa- tures of Interstellar Archaeology (P062) Carrigan, R. A. Do potential SETI signals need to be Acta Astronautica, decontaminated ? v58, p.112-117, (2006) (P063) Carrigan, R. A. Is interstellar archeology possible ? Acta Astronautica, v78, p.121-126, (2012) (P064) Carrigan, R.A. The ultimate hacker: SETI signals may (2002) need to be decontaminated (P065) Cavicchioli, R. Extremophiles and the search for ex- Astrobiology, v2, traterrestrial life #3, p.281-292, (2002) (P066) Chapman, Al. A world in the Moon: John Wilkins and Q. Jl. R. astr. his lunar voyage of 1640 Soc, v32, p.121- 132, (1991) (P067) Chyba, C.F. The Origin of Life in the Solar System: Annu.Rev.Earth.Planet.Sci., Current Issues v23, p.215-249, (1995) 13 (P068) Cirkovic, M. Against the Empire JBIS (P069) Cirkovic, M. Cosmic irony: seti optimism from catastrophes? (P070) Cirkovic, M. Galactic Gradients, Postbiological Evo- (2005) Bradbury, R. lution and the Apparent Failure of SETI (P071) Cirkovic, M. Galactic punctuated equilibrium: how Vukotic, B. to undermine carter's anthropic argu- Dragicevic, I. ment in astrobiology (P072) Cirkovic, M. Permanence : an adaptationist solution to Fermi's paradox? (P073) Cirkovic, M. The Temporal Aspect of the Drake (2003) Equation and SETI (P074) Cirkovic, M. M. Who are the SETI sceptics ? Acta Astronautica, v89, p.38-45, (2013) (P075) Cirkovic, M. M. Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Serb. Astron. Milosevic-Zdjelar, V. Doomsday - A Critical Assessment of J., #166, p.1-11, the no-outsider requirement (2003) (P076) Cirkovic, M.
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