| Sir Arthur C. Clarke: Are
we alone in the Universe? Are the stars teeming with intelligent life, or does
human civilization exist in absolute solitude? Either alternative has profound
implications for the future of humanity. Scientists throughout the world are
working to answer this question and Amateur Radio can play a vital role.
Tune In The Universe! is a radio amateurs guide to the Search for
Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI). It is an interactive book on CD-ROM,
which can be read on any computer with ordinary web-browser software
(easy-to-use hypertext format, just pop in the disc and Tune in the
Universe!). Its six sections are part history, part tutorial, and part
memoir. It seeks to involve radio amateurs, amateur astronomers, and other
hobbyists in a scientifically credible search for our cosmic
companions. |
| Dr. SETI, aka H. Paul
Shuch, N6TX, has made an enticing, personal, good-humored, wise, and
browse-able book on one CD. Tune In The Universe! is as diverse as the
topic itself, packed with helpful accounts of half-a-dozen relevant
disciplines, rational model calculations, detailed savvy hardware specs,
memoirs of false signals both naïve and subtle, and much more. SETI
pioneer Prof. Philip Morrison, ex-W8FIS (first proposed the radio search for
extraterrestrial civilizations in 1959.) Science fiction luminary and SETI
proponent Sir Arthur C. Clarke adds, "Perhaps, as some wit remarked, the best
proof that there is Intelligent Life in Outer Space is the fact it hasn't come
here. Well, it can't hide forever one day we will overhear it." Dr. H. Paul
Shuch, N6TX is the Executive Director of The SETI League. The organization is
dedicated to the electromagnetic Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. Dr.
Shuch, a radio amateur himself, has long been involved in the microwave search
for life in space. He will donate a portion of each sale to benefit the
nonprofit SETI League, Inc. Tune in the Universe is richly illustrated
with color images and drawings, and includes recordings of 16 Dr.
SETI songs. CD-ROM. Requires a web browser; running under Microsoft
Windows, Macintosh, or Linux operating systems. © 2001, H. Paul Shuch.
Published by American Radio Relay League, Inc. #8543 |