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The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence SETI
by NASA SP-419

Soft Cover, NASA, 276 Pages, 1977
Inside cover has gift note in read ink

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword

Workshop Members

Preface
Philip Morrison, Chairman

I.CONSENSUS

Introduction

The Impact of SETI

Conclusions
1. It is both timely and feasible to begin a serious search for extraterrestrial intelligence
2. A significant SETI program with substantial potential secondary benefits can be undertaken with only modest resources

3. Large systems of great capability can be built if needed

4. SETI is intrinsically an international endeavor in which the United States can take a lead

II. COLLOQUIES

1. Cosmic Evolution . .

Ichtiaque S. Rasool, Donald L. De Vincenzi, and John Billingham

2. Cultural Evolution Mark A. Stull

3. Detection of Other Planetary Systems Jesse L. Greenstein and David C. Black

4. The Rationale for a Preferred Frequency Band: The Water Hole Bernard M Oliver

5. Search Strategies Charles L. Seeger