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Laurance R. Doyle, is Principal Investigator, SETI Institute,
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. He is a member
of the International Astronomical Union, American Astronomical Society,
and is an Affiliate Scientist with the National Museums of Kenya.
He is a recipient of several NASA Group Achievement Awards.
Doyle received BS and MS degrees in astronomy from San Diego State
University, and a Ph.D. in planetary astrophysics from Universitaet
Heidelberg. He received a doctoral fellowship to the Max-Planck-Institut
fuer Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany in 1986-87.
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The Search for Extra-Terrestrial
Intelligence
November 11-15, 1998
at the University of Oklahoma
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The seminar examined in some detail the factors that play a
role in making the universe habitable. Participants examined
galaxy habitability, how stars and planets form, what make a
habitable star or planet, geological and biological factors
that helped make our planet habitable for complex organisms,
the history of biology on our planet. They also looked at factors
that make technology possible, communication over interstellar
distances, current and possible near-term searches for extraterrestrial
technology, the future science of advanced civilizations in
our galaxy.
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The Class Reading List: (These books and articles supplied
by OSLEP)
Is Anyone Out There? The Scientific Search for Extraterrestrial
Intelligence, F. Drake and D. Sobel, 1994, Delta/Dell
Publishers.
Circumstellar Habitable Zones: Proceedings of the
First International Conference, ed. L.R. Doyle, 1996,
Travis House Publications, P.O. Box 37, Menlo Park, CA 94026,
ISBN 0-9650896-0-6.
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