Great Moments in the History of Electromagnetic SETI

• Read the classic paper by Schawlow and Townes that was published in Physical Review, which described Optical Maser (Laser) concepts in 1958 (Schawlow Obituary)

• Read the classic paper by Cocconi & Morrison that was published in Nature, which initiated the age of Microwave SETI in 1959

• Read the classic paper by Maiman that was published in Nature, which reported on the first demonstration of a Laser in 1960

• Read the classic paper by Schwartz & Townes that was published in Nature, which initiated the age of Optical SETI in 1961

• Read the Laser Communications chapter by Ross that was published in Laser Applications, which described the benefits of pulses in 1971

• Optical SETI comes of Age in 1998

• 40th Anniversary of Optical SETI - The Third International Conference on Optical SETI to be held in 2001