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Extraterrestrial Altruism

Evolution and Ethics in the Cosmos

Douglas A. Vakoch

978-3-642-37750-1

2014
Edition 1
- Discusses the important issue of whether there are dangers in transmitting signals into space to make contact with extraterrestrial intelligence
- Clarifies the many meanings of altruism—from taking care of close relatives to helping complete strangers—and asks why extraterrestrials would care about us
- Offers an interdisciplinary approach to extraterrestrial altruism
- Advances innovative approaches to communicating altruism through pictures, mathematics, and logic—providing new insights into designing interstellar messages that convey humankind’s highest values
- First comprehensive volume on extraterrestrial altruism
- With a Foreword by Frank Drake
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
€100

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