The Great Silence: Science and Philosophy of Fermi's Paradox (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780199646302)

The Great Silence explores the multifaceted problem named after the great Italian physicist Enrico Fermi and his legendary 1950 lunchtime question "Where is everybody?" In many respects, Fermi's paradox is the richest and the most challenging problem for the entire field of astrobiology and the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI) studies.

This book shows how Fermi's paradox is intricately connected with many fields of learning, technology, arts, and even everyday life. It aims to establish the strongest possible version of the problem, to dispel many related confusions, obfuscations, and prejudices, as well as to offer a novel point of entry to the many solutions proposed in existing literature. Ćirkovic argues that any evolutionary worldview cannot avoid resolving the Great Silence problem in one guise or another.

Author: Milan M. Ćirkovic
ISBN-10: 0199646309
ISBN-13: 9780199646302
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 07/10/2018
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.54lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.50w x 1.50d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2018