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
“…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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