Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface viii
4. Chapter 1 Where Are We? 1
5. Chapter 2 Naïve Questions 7
6. Chapter 3 Are We Special? 17
7. Chapter 4 Stories—Part One 26
8. Chapter 5 Measuring Our Solar Neighborhood 36
9. Chapter 6 The Scotsman 47
10. Chapter 7 The Birth of SETI 54
11. Chapter 8 The Conference at Green Bank 64
12. Chapter 9 Stories—Part Two 73
13. Chapter 10 Talking to E.T 89
14. Chapter 11 Languages 99
15. Chapter 12 Paradoxes 113
16. Chapter 13 The Universal Science 119
17. Chapter 14 The Special Theory of Relativity 129
18. Chapter 15 The General Theory of Relativity 143
19. Chapter 16 The University of Colorado Study 152
20. Chapter 17 Surprise! 163
21. Chapter 18 Epilogue 169
22. Appendix I Infinite Sets 177
23. Appendix II Mars 182
24. Appendix III The DeVito–Oehrle Language 185
25. Bibliography 198
26. Index 203