Authors: Vil Bakirov, Massimo Capaccioli, Yaroslav Yatskiv et al.

Editors: Vil Bakirov, Massimo Capaccioli, Vadym Kaydash

Summary: Collection of papers presented on a virtual conference held in the V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University (Ukraine) on the occasion of the Italian Research Day in the World, 2020. The meeting was organized by the Italian Embassy to Ukraine (Kiev), the Karazin University, and the INAF-National Institute of Astrophysics (Italy). Conference papers debate the question: «Are We Alone in the Universe?», addressed from different angles: scientific, technological, philosophical, sociological, legal, historical, biological, futurological, theological, to face some of the aspects of the multifaceted problem of pluralism. The purpose is to kindle the readers’ interest in particular towards various scientific fields, showing in practice that all these human disciplines (as well as others not quoted here) are intermingled in building the future of human beings.

ISBN 978-966-285-753-5

Responsible institutions: Institute of Radio Astronomy of the NAS of Ukraine

Published: Kharkiv

Other institutions: Main Astronomical Observatory of the NAS of Ukraine ; V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University et al.

Size in pages: 150

Print run: 300