The Galactic Club by Ronald N. Bracewell
The Galactic Club by Ronald N. Bracewell
The Galactic Club
Intelligent Life In Outer Space
by Ronald N. Bracewell
W. H. Freeman and Company, 1975, ISBN 0716703521, black and white photographs and illustrations, paperback
Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, minor rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, uncreased spine, previous owners inscription on half title page and inside front cover (see photographs)
'Imagine, if you can, a day in the future when scientists manning a giant radio telescope begin receiving a distinctive signal from outer space - a signal that has never before been detected. They check and double check their discovery: there is no equipment failure; the signals are not a natural phenomenon; and all other possibilities have been ruled out. There can be no mistake - someone from another world is sending us a message.
What are the probabilities of this happening? How will be be sure that the signals are truly of alien origin? Should we reply - and, if so, how? How will we carry on a conversation with pauses that may lat for hundreds or thousands of years as the radio waves traverse many light-years of space? What will be the social and political consequences of such an encounter?"