The search for extraterrestrial intelligence

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence contains ~110 documents relating to the existence of and search for extraterrestrial life.  The earliest work held in the collection is a 1795 paper by William Herschel suggesting that the sun is an inhabited planet!  The collection covers the period from the 1790’s to the present, including works by Harlow Shapley, Fred Hoyle, Freeman Dyson, Carl Sagan, Arthur C. Clarke, Frank Drake, Frank Tipler, and many others.

This collection is available for sale as part of the larger series: Machines, Minds, and the Cosmos. A full list of collection documents is available upon request.