First contact : [electronic resource] the search for extraterrestrial intelligence / edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss.

"A Byron Preiss book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [330]-332).

Preface / Byron Preiss -- Surveying the cosmos / Ben Bova -- Terrestrial intelligence / Isaac Asimov -- The dolphin : an alien intelligence / Diana Reiss -- Alternative life designs / Hal Clement -- E.T. : phone Aristotle! / Thomas McDonough -- "A Martian odyssey" / Stanley Weinbaum -- A place to live : looking for extrasolar planets / Bruce Campbell -- The Drake equation : a reappraisal / Frank Drake -- Mystery of the great silence / David Brin -- Where and what can we see? / Michael J. Klein -- The future of SETI / Thomas Van Horne -- Alien technology / Gregory Benford -- The hunt is on : SETI in action / Michael Papagiannis -- The Ohio State University Program / Robert Dixon -- The Harvard SETI search / Paul Horowitz and William R. Alschuler -- The U.C. Berkeley Program / Stuart Bowyer -- From the observatory to Capitol Hill / Linda Billings.

A unique moment in human history / Michael Michaud -- "Answer, please answer" / Ben Bova -- Individual involvement / D. Kent Cullers and William R. Alschuler -- Where are they? / Arthur C. Clarke -- Reflections on the bigger picture / Philip Morrison.