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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

During a Los Alamos launchtime conversation that took place more than 50 years ago, four world-class scientists agreed, given the size and age of the Universe, that advanced extraterrestrial civilizations simpley had to exist. The sheer numbers demanded it. But one of the four, the renowed physicist and back-of-the-envelope calculator Enrico Fermi, asked the telling question: If the extraterrestrial life proposition is true, he wondered, "Where IS everybody?". In this book, physicist Stephen Webb presents a discussion of the 50 most congent and intriguing answers to Fermi's famous question, divided into three distinct groups: Aliens are already here among us; aliens exists, but have not yet communicated; aliens do not exist. In this lively and thought-provoking book, the proposed solutions run the gamut from the crackpot to the highly serious, all deserving our consideration. The varieties of arguments - from first-rate scientists, philosophers, historians, and science fiction authors - turn out to be astonishing, entertaining, and vigorous intellectual exercises for any reader interested in science and the pleasure of speculative thinking.

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GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

-Contents.

-Preface.

-Figure Credits.

-1. Where Is Everybody?

-2. Of Fermi and Paradox.

-3. They Are Here.

-4. The Exist But Have Not Yet Communicated.

-5. The Do Not Exist.

-6. Conclusion.

-7. Notes and Further Reading.

-8. References.

-Index.