Tuesday, April 10, 2018

References for April's Meeting (2018-04-10)


Science and Science Fiction References - predictions of the future - movies and books, Apr 2018

MOVIES
Forbidden Planet - Alien Evil in the form of planet girdling super machines (AIs)
2001: A Space Odyssey-They were here before us and helped our predecessors become intelligent, 1968

Books and magazines
2001: A Space Odyssey by Clarke and Kubrick, 1968-They were here before us and helped our predecessors become intelligent, 1968
Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, 1985 - They came from space and tried to take over
The Berserker Series of short stories by Saberhagen, 1960s and 70s, Kill all biological life
There Was a Knock On The Door, a short story by Frederick Brown, 1949 - "The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door..."
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi, 2005, The advantage of having a green skin.
Astrobiology Strategy 2015, by NASA (Lindsey Hays, JPL), 2016 (Final), What we’re looking for and how we plan to find it (them, they, etc.)
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederick Pohl, 1980, The Heechee left a space subway system, but they were afraid of something so they ran and hid
Newsweek 03-09-2018, Intelligent Life; The Alien Hunter’s Guide; To the Future
Scientific American, April 2018, Tiny Killers
Scientific American, March 2018, The Search for Other Earths
Are We Alone, A Popular Science Special Edition, 2017
The Planet Hunters, A Columbia Magazine Special Edition, Winter 2017-18
Smithsonian, 2018 April
Astrobiology Strategy 2015, NASA FINAL 2016-04-12

Articles (Not Sci-Fi)
Wikipedia Article “Technological Singularity”
Wikipedia Article “CHON”
Wikipedia Article “Astrobiology”
Wikipedia Article “Exobiology”
Extraterrestrial Life, Wikipedia
Planetary Atmospheres Exobiology Magazine, 2014

Websites (Not Sci-Fi)
Below is web images for Signs of Extraterrestrial life:
http://www.searchforlife.net/exoplanet-missions/