An alien concept Export

@article{citeulike:5793156, abstract = {Fifty years ago this week, a Nature paper legitimized the idea that there could be civilizations elsewhere, able to communicate and wanting to contact us. Fred Kaplan reflects on its origins, impacts and legacy. On 19 September 1959, Nature published an article called 'Searching for Interstellar Communication'. Speculation about life in space had been taboo in scientific circles since Percival Lowell wrecked his career in the late nineteenth century by claiming to have detected canals on Mars.}, author = {Kaplan, Fred}, citeulike-article-id = {5793156}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/461345a}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/461345a}, day = {16}, doi = {10.1038/461345a}, issn = {0028-0836}, journal = {Nature}, keywords = {popularization}, month = {September}, number = {7262}, pages = {345--346}, posted-at = {2009-09-26 00:35:02}, priority = {0}, publisher = {Nature Publishing Group}, title = {An alien concept}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/461345a}, volume = {461}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5793156 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5793156 N2 - Fifty years ago this week, a Nature paper legitimized the idea that there could be civilizations elsewhere, able to communicate and wanting to contact us. Fred Kaplan reflects on its origins, impacts and legacy. On 19 September 1959, Nature published an article called 'Searching for Interstellar Communication'. Speculation about life in space had been taboo in scientific circles since Percival Lowell wrecked his career in the late nineteenth century by claiming to have detected canals on Mars. IS - 7262 JF - Nature SN - 0028-0836 EP - 346 TI - An alien concept PB - Nature Publishing Group VL - 461 SP - 345 KW - popularization AU - Kaplan, Fred PY - 2009/09/16/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/461345a ER -