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    Feb 20, 2020 4 minutes

    The Contact Paradox

    “There are some serious philosophical questions explained here”

    Asking the big questions about intergalactic correspondence

    ■ Author: Keith Cooper

    ■ Publisher: Bloomsbury Sigma

    ■ Price: £18.99 / $28

    ■ Release: Out now

    The question of whether extraterrestrial life exists in our universe is perhaps one of the biggest and most challenging topics of all. With no definitive answer available, our long-running search for life beyond our skies is packed with intricacies that this book does a fantastic job of untangling.

    The Contact Paradox deals with the big scientific questions of contact with other worlds, such as what the best way to send a signal is, and how and where we should be looking for signals from others in the

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