North American AstroPhysical Observatory (NAAPO) Cosmic Search: Issue 8 (Volume 2 Number 4; Year End 1980) [Miscellaneous items found throughout the magazine]

Miscellaneous Items Webpage Table of Contents (Bookmarks) (Internal links to categories of items in this webpage) Information About the Publication (Editorial Board, Editors, Table of Contents) Miscellaneous Quote Miscellaneous Photo 1980 Index (Volume 2, Issues 5 - 8) Information About the Publication (Editorial Board, Editors, Table of Contents) Editors, and Others Involved in the Publication Editor: John Kraus, Director, Ohio State University Radio Observatory. Co-Editor: Robert S. Dixon, Assistant Director, Ohio State University Radio Observatory Assistants: Alice Kraus, Jim Arthur Editorial Board Richard Berendzen, President, The American University John Billingham, Director SETI Program, NASA-AMES Research Center Ronald Bracewell, Director, Radio Astronomy Observatory, Stanford University Thomas A. Clark, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center Arthur C. Clarke, Sri Lanka, author of "2001, A Space Odyssey" Norman Cousins, Chairman, Editorial Board, SATURDAY REVIEW Frank D. Drake, Director, National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (Arecibo), Cornell University Robert E. Edelson, SETI Project Manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Donald S. Hall, Director, Strasenburgh Planetarium, Rochester, New York; Past President, International Planetarium Society Theodore M. Hesburgh, President, University of Notre Dame Nikolai Kardashev, Space Research Institute, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, USSR Philip Morrison, Physics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bernard Oliver, Vice President, Hewlett-Packard Company; Director of NASA-Ames Cyclops Project Cyril Ponnamperuma, Director, Laboratory of Chemical Evolution, University of Maryland Martin Rees, Director, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University, England Carl Sagan, Director, Laboratory for Planetary Studies, Cornell University Walter Sullivan, Science Editor, New York Times Vasevolod S. Troitsky, Radiophysical Scientific Research Institute, Gorky, USSR Sebastian von Hoerner, National Radio Astronomy Observatory About COSMIC SEARCH COSMIC SEARCH is published quarterly (Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall) by Cosmic-Quest, Inc. Copyright © 1980 by Cosmic-Quest, Inc. All rights reserved. Cosmic Quest, Inc., is a non-profit educational-scientific (tax-exempt) organization. Subscription price: $10 for 4 issues in U.S. (and possessions), $13 elsewhere. Single copies: $2.50 in U.S. (and possessions), $3 elsewhere. Address subscriptions and all other correspondence to: Radio Observatory, Box 293, Delaware, Ohio 43015. Second-class postage is paid at Delaware, Ohio, and at additional mailing offices. Opinions expressed by persons writing in COSMIC SEARCH are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editorial staff. Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation Front Cover Distant galaxy? No. Storm on Jupiter? No. Big White Spot on the Earth? Yes! Hurricane Allen filling the Gulf of Mexico at noon on August 8, 1980. Tick marks indicate the coasts of Texas at upper left and of Yucatan at lower right. (Photo courtesy NOAA/NESS). See article by James E. Lovelock starting on page 2. Back Cover "Big Ear", the 110-meter radio telescope of the Ohio State University. A montage by Jim Arthur. Table of Contents (in magazine) Item Pg The Recognition of Alien Biospheres by James E. Lovelock 2 Strategies of Searching for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (Part Two) by Nikolai Kardashev 4 SETI by Frank D. Drake 7 Why is Scientific Writing Unintelligible? by Sharon Dunwoody 8 Technical Development and Colonization as Factors in the Long-Term Variation in Limits to Growth by Brian A.Tinsley 10 In Search of Extrasolar Planets (EPF Report) by George Gatewood 12 To All Cosmic Searchers In its first two years, COSMIC SEARCH lost at the rate of about $2000 per month until our debt reached $50,000. We could not continue under such circumstances and we seriously considered ceasing publication and declaring bankruptcy. However, we decided to continue for the present but with such changes as required to hold costs below income. Accordingly, many economies have been effected. Two of the more significant ones are: (1) giving up our one and only paid employee and going back to a completely volunteer operation, and (2) reducing the number of pages per issue. We hope these will be temporary. There are many ways in which you can help: (1) by renewing your subscription promptly (2) making gift subscriptions (3) telling others about COSMIC SEARCH and urging them to subscribe and (4) making a gift or donation. COSMIC SEARCH is a non-profit scientific-educational magazine which we believe fulfills an important purpose. In response to a questionnaire sent out recently to a random sampling of our readers, the most frequent statement in almost identical words was: "COSMIC SEARCH is a fantastic magazine. Please keep it going". We will try but we need your help. Owing to space limitations it is necessary to omit the "Letters" and "College Courses" departments from this issue. However, two new columns have been added, one by Frank Drake and the other about the new Extrasolar Planetary Foundation by George Gatewood. Because of the small all-volunteer staff and the need to wait until there was money on hand to pay the printing and associated costs, this issue is late. Hopefully, subsequent issues will be more on schedule. John Kraus Thank You! COSMIC SEARCH expresses sincere thanks to the following donors who are helping to make sure that the story of SETI and mankind's future continue to be told in an interesting and factual way.      Planetary Donors Robert J. Allen, Blythdale, Missouri (2 years) Jane L. Brooks, Adelaide, S. Australia (2 years) Amahl S. Drake, Ithica, New York James C. Killman, Sherman, Texas David M. Laida, Sierra Vista, Arizona Arthur J. Morgan, New York, N. Y. A. V. Shaver, Winchester, Virginia Paul Simons, Sheboygan, Wis. Eric W. Six, Iowa City, Iowa John B. Theiss, Tucson, Arizona Dennis Wildfogel, Pomona, N.J. One anonymous      Stellar Donors George L. Douglass, II, Reno, Nevada David C. Halley, Colonial Hts., Virginia Paul Simons, Sheboygan, Wis. John Teetor, Marion, Ohio C.L. Turnage, Camarillo, California      Cosmic Donors Two anonymous COSMIC SEARCH, published by a non-profit scientific-educational organization, has been granted tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service, so contributions are tax-deductible (but subscriptions are not). On a combination donation-subscription or donation-renewal, the amount over and above the magazine cost is tax deductible. 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Photo on page 20 1980 Index (Volume 2, Issues 5 - 8) [This index was found on page 20 in the magazine.]      (Last number of listing is page number) ABC's of Space, 5, 28; 6, 32; 7, 16; 8, 16      Articles Bell, Trudy E., The Grand Analogy, 5, 2 Billingham, John, Forum: Billingham Interview, 5, 17 Brown, George H., Marconi, 6, 6 David, Leonard, Putting Our Best Signal Forward, 7, 2 Drake, Frank D., Biological Immortality, 7, 9; SETI, 8, 7 Dunwoody, Sharon, Scientific Writing, 8, 8 Fleury, Bruce E., Aliens in Our Oceans, 6, 2 Freudenthal, Hans, Towards a Cosmic Language, 5, 35 Gatewood, George, EPF Report, 8, 12 Good, I. J., The Chief Entities, 6, 13 Kardashev, Nikolai, Strategies of SETI, 7, 36; 8, 4 Kraus, John, Diana Waves Back, 7, 27; Radiation From Above, 5, 20 Lago, Don, In the Time Machine, 6, 30 Lovelock, James E., Alien Biospheres, 8, 2 Lurie, Joan, Science in the Mass Media, 7, 39 Pankonin, Vernon, The Radio Spectrum, 6, 40 Papagiannis, Michael, IAU Session, 5, 24 Smith, Marcia S., Confronting Political Realities, 7, 30 Stine, G. Harry, Space Industrialization, 6, 26 Tarter, Jill, Communication with ETI, 6, 18; Life in the Universe, 6, 19 Tinsley, Brian A., Long Term Limits to Growth, 8, 10 Trimble, Virginia, It's a Nice Planet to Visit, 5, 13 College Courses, 5, 46; 6, 38; 7, 40 Donors, 5, 47; 6, 25; 7, 48; 8, ii (inside front cover) Editorials, 6, 10, 25; 8, 1      In Review (books) Asimov, Isaac (film) 6, 17 Clarke, Arthur C., 7, 42 Goldsmith and Owen, 7, 42 Grey, Jerry, 5, 34 Hoffman, David (film), 8, 19 von Braun and Ordway, 7, 11      Off the Shelf Reviews AIAA, 5, 48 Asimov, Isaac, 5, 48 Brown, Hanbury, 7, 35 Burnham, Jr., Robert, 7, 35 Clarke, Arthur C., 5, 48 Clarke, I.F., 5, 48 Cole, Dandridge, Coxe, 5, 48 Dose, Fox, et al, 5, 48 Dyson, Freeman, 5, 48 Edelson, E., 7, 35 Folsome, Clair E., 5, 48 French, A. P., 6, 12 Hallion and Crouch, 7, 35 Hapgood, Fred, 7, 35 Hardin, Garrett, 7, 35 Hartmann, William H., 6, 12 Heppenheimer, T. A., 5, 48 Hoffman, David, 8, 19 Jastrow, Robert, 7, 35 Kaufmann III, W. J., 6, 12 Man, John, 6, 12 National Academy of Science, 6, 12 Powers, Robert M., 6, 12 Sagan, Carl, 5, 48 Silk, Joseph, 6, 12 Stent, Gunther S., 6, 12 Stilley, Frank, 5, 48 Stine, G. Harry, 6, 12 Story, Ronald, 6, 12 Strickland, Glenn G., 7, 35 Sullivan, Walter, 5, 48 Tauber, G. E., 5, 48 Titulaer, Chriet, 6, 12 Wald, Robert M., 7, 35 Wells, Ernest H., 6, 12 Wunder, C. C., 7, 35 Young, Louise B., 7, 35 People, Places, Plans, 8, 13 SEnTInel, 5, 40; 6, 44; 7, 44; 8, 14 Space Happenings, 6, 11