Extraterrestrial Languages
By Daniel Oberhaus
By Daniel Oberhaus
By Daniel Oberhaus
By Daniel Oberhaus
By Daniel Oberhaus
By Daniel Oberhaus
Category: Science & Technology | Reference | Philosophy
Category: Science & Technology | Reference | Philosophy
Category: Science & Technology | Reference | Philosophy
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$22.95
May 07, 2024 | ISBN 9780262548649
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$24.95
Oct 22, 2019 | ISBN 9780262043069
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Oct 22, 2019 | ISBN 9780262355278
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Praise
“Extraterrestrial Languages is fascinating…a sober study of real—scientific, mathematical, artistic, and philosophical—efforts to enact this linguistic rendezvous.”
—4Columns
“…an engaging read…” —Science
“For any one curious about communicating with the unknown, then this is a fine book.” —ASTRONOMY NOW
Table Of Contents
TOC:
1 A Brief History of Talking to Aliens 1
2 From CETI to METI 19
3 Aliens on Earth 37
4 Cosmic Computers and Interstellar Cats 55
5 Is There a Language of the Universe? 71
6 Toward a Lingua Cosmica 93
7 How to Talk in Space 111
8 Art as a Universal Language 135
9 The Many Futures of METI 155
Appendix A: The Arecibo Message 171
Appendix B: The Cosmic Call Transmissions 179
Appendix C: Lincos 193
Appendix D: The Lambda Calculus and Its Application to Astrolinguistics 203
References 225
Index 247
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