CONFESSIONS OF AN ALIEN HUNTER (HC/S. Shostack, '09) SETI/Extraterrestrials NM

Description: 1st EDITION, Hardcover (2009) CONFESSIONS OF AN ALIEN HUNTERA Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial IntelligenceLike New, presumed 1st Printing, 2009, 1st EDITION HARDCOVER w/Dust Jacket, 298 pages, ILLUSTRATED with several B&W photos. Standard Format approx 6.25"x9.25" inches. Published by Nat.Geo., Very minor shelf-wear to slipcover only. No dog-eared pages, NO UNDERLINING or soiling. Book has been read, but remains in Like New condition. Provides a radio astronomer's view of current progress in the search for extraterrestrial radio signals (see CONTENTS, pages, and photos). The book's story begins in medias res with the analysis of an usual radio signal being received from the equatorial-region star YZ Ceti in the southern constellation of Cetus--The Whale [Eng.] or Sea Serpent [Greek.] . SPOILER ALERT: Like the "WOW Signal" of August 1977 reported by the Ohio State Univ. Radio Telescope (not mentioned at all by Shostak) the YZ Ceti signal proves to be yet another false alarm. The author also remains a skeptic on the topic of UFOs in general, and is highly critical of claims made by the late Col. Phillip Corso concerning recovered crash artifacts rumored to be of extraterrestrial origin. The book also provides a general discussion (for the non-specialist) of associated topics and future directions for possible SETI funding. (NOTE: This is Not a technical/engineering paper; its reading level is equivalent to a popular Nat. Geo article.) YOU WILL BE VERY PLEASED with the NEAR MINT CONDITION of this Like New hardcover. SHIPS FAST from Nor'east WI to all USA for 5.00 (Media Rate ONLY, USPS).

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