Science, Seti, and Mathematics

Carl L. DeVito is a member of the emeritus faculty of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Arizona. He has developed one of the most widely cited proposals for a language based on plausibly universal scientific concepts and has contributed to several edited volumes on cosmic communication including Space, Life, Science and Stories (2020). His other scientific work includes many papers on pure and applied mathematics and three books: Harmonic Analysis—A Gentle Introduction (2006), Functional Analysis (1978), and Functional Analysis and Linear Operator Theory (1990).

Preface



Chapter 1.  Where Are We?

Chapter 2.  Naïve Questions

Chapter 3.  Are We Special?

Chapter 4.  Stories - Part One

Chapter 5.  Mesasuring Our Solar Neighborhood

Chapter 6.  The Scotsman

Chapter 7.  The Birth of SETI

Chapter 8.  The Conference at Greenbank

Chapter 9.  Stories - Part Two

Chapter 10.  Talking to E.T.

Chapter 11.  Languages

Chapter 12.  Paradoxes

Chapter 13.  The Universal Science

Chapter 14.  The Special Theory of Relativity

Chapter 15.  The General Theory of Relativity

Chapter 16.  The University of Colorado Study

Chapter 17.  Surprize!

Chapter 18.  Epilogue



Appendix I:  Infinite sets

Appendix II:  Mars

Appendix III:  The DeVito-Oehrle Language



Bibliography

Index