From: Dr. H. Paul Shuch (n6tx_at_setileague.org)
Date: Fri Apr 23 2004 - 17:35:15 PDT
A First: SETI League Releases Conference Proceedings on CD-ROM
For more information contact: Dr. H. Paul Shuch, Executive Director
(201) 641-1770, or email info_at_setileague.org
Little Ferry, NJ.., 24 April, 2004 -- Following the success of its first
European SETI Science and Technology Workshop, The SETI League, Inc.,
grassroots leader in the privatized Search for Extra-Terrestrial
Intelligence, has released its first ever Conference Proceedings on
CD-ROM. An interactive hypertext CD which is read with a computer and
web browser software, Proceedings of EuroSETI04 contains 325 files,
totaling 500 MBytes of papers, graphics, photos, software and songs
presented at last month's meeting in Heppenheim, Germany.
"For the past three years," notes SETI League executive director H. Paul
Shuch, who chaired EuroSETI04 and edited its Proceedings, "we have
published and sold printed Proceedings books for our annual Technical
Symposia. This practice is wasteful of trees, not to mention our
nonprofit organization's limited printing and postage budget. It seems
entirely appropriate for an organizaton that embraces electronic
communications in its scientific mission to distribute its Conference
Proceedings using the latest in digital technology."
Examples of the twenty papers presented at EuroSETI04 include "Test SETI
During Transmission of Interstellar Radio Messages," by Dr. Alexander
Zaitsev of the Institute for Radio Astronomy, Moscow; "A New Amateur
X-Ray Spectrometer," by Christian Monstein of ETH Zurich; "The
Radio-Quiet Cone Above the Far Side of the Moon," by Dr. Claudio Maccone
of Alespazio, Torino; and "Introduction to the Electromagnetic
Spectrum," by SETI League executive director Dr. H. Paul Shuch. Though
The SETI League is composed primarily of dedicated amateurs, the
presentations were of the highest professional quality, as the reflected
in the contents of the Proceedings.
The Proceedings CD was distributed to those members who travelled from
eight different countries to attend the recent European technical
meeting. It can now be purchased by SETI enthusiasts and interested
engineers, scientists, students, and educators worldwide from the
group's website, at http://www.setileague.org/admin/applicat.htm#mdse.
The CD sells for $15 US postpaid to US addresses, or $20 US postpaid
anywhere else in the world. One need not be a SETI League member to
order the Proceedings.
SETI scientists use a variety of scientific approaches to determine
whether humankind is alone in the universe. Since Congress terminated
NASA's SETI funding in 1993, The SETI League and other scientific groups
have been attempting to privatize the research. Experimenters interested
in participating in the search for intelligent alien life, or citizens
wishing to help support it, should email to join_at_setileague.org, check
the SETI League Web site at http://www.setileague.org/, send a fax to +1
(201) 641-1771, or contact The SETI League, Inc. membership hotline at
+1 (800) TAU-SETI. Be sure to provide us with a postal address to which
we will mail further information. The SETI League, Inc. is a
membership-supported, non-profit [501(c)(3)], educational and scientific
corporation dedicated to the systematic Search for Extra-Terrestrial
Intelligence.
P.S. Tearsheets are always appreciated. Thank you.
-- H. Paul Shuch, Ph.D. Executive Director, The SETI League, Inc. 433 Liberty Street, PO Box 555, Little Ferry NJ 07643 USA voice (201) 641-1770; fax (201) 641-1771; URL http://www.setileague.org email work: n6tx_at_setileague.org; home: drseti_at_cal.berkeley.edu "We Know We're Not Alone!"
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