THE NET ADVANCE OF PHYSICS

Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

GENERAL:

SETI Module from an Undergraduate Science Course, by G. Vidali, M. Falcioni, and E. Gregory, 1996. [Syracuse University]
SETI@home Amazing project to "harness the spare power of hundreds of thousands of Internet-connected computers" to analyse the Berkeley SERENDIP radio data. Volunteer today!

ELECTROMAGNETIC SETI:

Homepages:
- SERENDIP: SETI project at Arecibo.
- SETI Institute Home Page: Informative homepage by the operators of the Project Phoenix microwave SETI search.
- SETI League Homepage: Amateur radio astronomers interested in SETI.
General:
- Introductions:
  - SETI Information (Project Phoenix): A good general discussion of the Drake Equation (for the number of civilizations in the galaxy), rationales for various types of search, history of SETI, etc.
- Data:
  - Chronological List of SETI Searches, by Jill Tarter. Very extensive. Note that the first paragraph is in Chinese, but the document itself is in English!
  - Project Phoenix Data Archive: Two-thousand channel microwave SETI search.
Observational Equipment:
- SETI League Technical Manual, by H. Paul Schuch, 1996: Describes a radio telescope system for amateur SETI.
- Up and Running at 4 GHz: The SETI-Capable BAMBI Radio Telescope, by Bob Lash and Mike Fremont, 1994/June: Another SETI-oriented amateur radio telescope.
Microwave:
- Optical SETI and the Arecibo Myth, by H. Paul Schuch, 1996/May: Argues that the ability of a large microwave telescope to receive trans-galactic communications has been over-estimated.
Optical:
- Ohio State Radio Observatory OSETI Homepage, by Stuart Kingsley: Still under construction, links to an introduction to optical SETI, an offline bibliography of OSETI, a glossary, and the observatory's planned projects.
- Optical SETI and the Arecibo Myth, by H. Paul Schuch, 1996/May: Questions the superiority of microwave over optical methods.

NON-ELECTROMAGNETIC SETI:

Archæology:
- Cydonia Mensæ: Compilation of most links about allegedly anomalous rock formations on Mars.

OTHER:

History of SETI:
- A Brief History of SETI [SETI Institute] From Giuseppi Cocconi and Philip Morrison to Project Phoenix, a quick overview of various projects in the search for intelligent life in the universe.

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