Updated 22 January 2026
Is there anyone out there?
The question of whether or not alien intelligent life exists elsewhere in the Universe has fascinated humankind for hundreds of years. Until relatively recently, this was merely the stuff of science fiction, but since the middle of the twentieth century astronomers have been able to seriously investigate the possibility of there being other civilisations out there, civilisations with whom we could make contact, instead of just speculating. SETI, the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, is a branch of astronomy actively engaged with detecting signs that we are not alone.
A Short Guide to SETI tells the story of this search
It is one of the three books in the A Short Guide to collection of e-books.
Also in this series are
Short guide to the Moon e-book
To find out more about Explaining Science there is the following short video.
Explaining Science 
That’s a wonderful idea: I have downloaded the ‘Is anyone out there?’ ebook for kindle and rated it highly both for the content and the spirit of sharing scientific knowledge freely.
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Thank you
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Sorry, Geek. I tried to order it for my Kindle but Amazon UK doesn’t have the capabitlity, authority? to sell to the US. Can’t find the book on Amazon US.
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Ok thanks for letting me know. The book is available in other countries but to find it you will probably need to google something like “the science geek” Amazon “is there anyone out” there plus your country name.
To simplify the process I will update the post shortly to add the extra links to download the book in different countries.
The science geek
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Search for “the science geek” in the Kindle store on Amazon US and you’ll find them. I just downloaded both from there, and I’m looking forward to reading them!
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Thank you for the ebook. I downloaded it, but it went to my very old Kindle. Fortunately, I found it in a drawer, dusted it off and it still works 🙂
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Great,
I hope you find it an interesting read
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I look forward to reading Is Anyone Out There?
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I would love these, but I don’t have a kindle. (Foolishly bought a Sony Reader instead)
Any plans to do a paperback? (I’ve published all my books on Createspace and it’s very straightforward and free to do…)
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Possibly, but like all things it depends on the demand. I am planning to write a much longer book on cosmology which I may publish in paperback format as well
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Excellent. I’ve downloaded both. Looking forward to reading them.
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“in the image, after the likeness, they are out there, human beings like you and me.”
san dom de nanta van san nantess estanto.
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