Earth Cosmos And Culture
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Earth Cosmos And Culture
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Author : Oliver Tristan Dunnett
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-04-19
Earth Cosmos And Culture written by Oliver Tristan Dunnett and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-19 with Political Science categories.
This book traces the development of diverse British cultures of outer space, utilizing key geographical concepts such as landscape, place, and national identity. It examines the early visionary ideas of writers H. G. Wells and Olaf Stapledon, the ambitious British space programme of the 1960s, and narrations of British cultural identity that accompanied the space missions of Helen Sharman, Beagle 2 and Tim Peake. The exploration of British cultures of outer space throughout the book helps understand the emergence of the British Interplanetary Society. It also explains its significance in pre-war and post-war periods through an analysis of the roles of influential figures such as Arthur C. Clarke and Patrick Moore. The chapters explore utopian and dystopian representations of space exploration, examine the mysterious phenomenon of UFO culture, and consider plans for humanity’s imagined future across interstellar space. Throughout the book geography is advocated as a home for critical studies of outer space, illuminating its significance in terms of the reciprocal relationships between exploration and the sublime, science and the imagination, Earth and cosmos. As an emergent field of research in the social sciences, this book makes an excellent contribution to the study of the outer space in Britain and abroad developing a distinctive kind of outer spatial geography with major implications for future teaching and research.
Cosmos Culture Cultural Evolution In A Cosmic Context
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Author : Steven J. Dick
language : en
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Release Date : 2012-01-27
Cosmos Culture Cultural Evolution In A Cosmic Context written by Steven J. Dick and has been published by Government Printing Office this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-27 with Science categories.
NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT--OVERSTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list price During the last 50 years, coincident with the Space Age, cosmic evolution has been recognized as the master narrative of the universe, history writ large. Cosmic evolution includes physical, biological, and cultural evolution, and of these the latter is by far the most rapid. In this volume, authors with diverse backgrounds in science, history, anthropology, and more, consider culture in the context of the cosmos. How does our knowledge of cosmic evolution affect terrestrial culture? Conversely, how does our knowledge of cultural evolution affect our thinking about possible cultures in the cosmos? Are life, mind, and culture of fundamental significance to the grand story of the cosmos that has generated its own self-understanding through science, rational reasoning, and mathematics? Might this lead to cultural evolution on a large enough scale to allow the universe to both create and steer itself toward its own destiny? Related products: NASA's First 50 Years: Historical Perspectives; NASA 50 Anniversary Proceedings can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/033-000-01336-1 Bringing the Future Within Reach: Celebrating 75 Years of the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center, 1941-2016 can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/033-000-01377-9 Other products produced by National Aerounautics and Space Administration (NASA) can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/550
Cosmos Culture
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Author : National Aeronautics and Space Administration
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2013-10
Cosmos Culture written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10 with History categories.
Cosmic evolution, the idea that the universe and its constituent parts are constantly evolving, has become widely accepted only in the last 50 years. It is no coincidence that this acceptance parallels the span of the Space Age. Although cosmic evolution was first recognized in the physical universe early in the 20th century, with hints even earlier, the relationships among planets, stars, and galaxies, and the evolution of the universe itself, became much better known through the discoveries by planetary probes and space telescopes in the latter half of the century. It was also during the last 50 years—a century after Darwin proposed that evolution by natural selection applies to life on our own planet—that researchers from a variety of disciplines began to seriously study the possibilities of extraterrestrial life and “the biological universe.” Considering biology from this broader cosmological perspective has expanded biological thinking beyond its sample-of-one straightjacket, incorporating biology into cosmic evolution. Astrobiology is now a robust discipline even though it has yet to find any life beyond Earth. But there is a third component to cosmic evolution beyond the physical and the biological. Even if we only know of culture on one planet so far, cultural evolution has been an important part of cosmic evolution on Earth, and perhaps on many other planets. Moreover, it also dominates the other two forms of evolution in terms of its rapidity. Humans were not much different biologically 10,000 years ago, but one need only look around to see how much we have changed culturally. Yet, unlike the study of biological evolution, which has made great progress since Darwin's Origin of Species, the scientific study of cultural evolution languished after Darwin's death for the better part of a century. Only within the past few decades has significant progress been made, and concerned with advancing their fledging science, cultural evolutionists have yet to expand their thinking beyond their current planetary sample-of-one concerns. But if life and intelligence do exist beyond Earth, it is likely that culture will arise and evolve. In this volume authors with diverse backgrounds in science, history, and anthropology consider culture in the context of the cosmos, including the implications of the cosmos for our own culture.
Cosmos Culture
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Author : Steven J. Dick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Cosmos Culture written by Steven J. Dick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Astronomy categories.
Cultures Beyond The Earth
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Author : Magoroh Maruyama
language : en
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Release Date : 1975
Cultures Beyond The Earth written by Magoroh Maruyama and has been published by Vintage Books USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Extraterrestrial anthropology categories.
The 1974 meeting of a symposium held at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association (AAA); publications of the 1971 symposium are entered under the AAA Experimental Symposium on Culturual Futurology.
Culture And Cosmos Vol 20 1 And 2
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Author : Nicholas Campion
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-06-16
Culture And Cosmos Vol 20 1 And 2 written by Nicholas Campion and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-16 with categories.
A collection of papers from the 2014 University of Wales Trinity Saint David/ Sophia Centre conference on the Marriage of Heaven and Earth, held in Bath, UK.
Passages About Earth
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Author : William Irwin Thompson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
Passages About Earth written by William Irwin Thompson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Civilization categories.
The View From The Center Of The Universe
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Author : Joel R. Primack
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2007-08-07
The View From The Center Of The Universe written by Joel R. Primack and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-07 with Science categories.
In this strikingly original book, a world-renowned cosmologist and an innovative writer of the history and philosophy of science uncover an astonishing truth: Humans actually are central to the universe. What does this mean for our culture and our personal lives? The answer is revolutionary: a science-based cosmology that allows us to understand the universe as a whole and our extraordinary place in it.
Origins
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Author : Hubert Reeves
language : en
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Release Date : 1998
Origins written by Hubert Reeves and has been published by Arcade Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Science categories.
"The interfaces of astronomy, physics, chemistry, paleontology, and anthropology ... are explored in a series of penetrating responses to the queries of a leading science editor."--Foreword, p.viii.
Conversing With The Planets
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Author : Anthony Aveni
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2012-05-09
Conversing With The Planets written by Anthony Aveni and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-09 with Science categories.
An award-winning professor takes readers on a guided tour of the stunning celestial discoveries of past cultures. Interweaving the astronomy, mythology, and anthropology of ancient peoples, Aveni shows how to discover the harmony between their beliefs and their study of the sky through naked-eye observations. From CHAPTER ONE: "My tales of Venus and Mars, squash and corn, are designed to entice the reader away from some of the widely held notions about the discovery and exploration of nature that are ingrained in modern culture. I want us to walk some worthwhile paths that are not so well trod."