Lingua Cosmica
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Lingua Cosmica
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Author : Dale Knickerbocker
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2018-05-04
Lingua Cosmica written by Dale Knickerbocker and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-04 with Literary Criticism categories.
Anthologies, awards, journals, and works in translation have sprung up to reflect science fiction's increasingly international scope. Yet scholars and students alike face a problem. Where does one begin to explore global SF in the absence of an established canon? Lingua Cosmica opens the door to some of the creators in the vanguard of international science fiction. Eleven experts offer innovative English-language scholarship on figures ranging from Cuban pioneer Daína Chaviano to Nigerian filmmaker Olatunde Osunsanmi to the Hugo Award-winning Chinese writer Liu Cixin. These essays invite readers to ponder the themes, formal elements, and unique cultural characteristics within the works of these irreplaceable—if too-little-known—artists. Dale Knickerbocker includes fantasists and genre-benders pushing SF along new evolutionary paths even as they draw on the traditions of their own literary cultures. Includes essays on Daína Chaviano (Cuba), Jacek Dukaj (Poland), Jean-Claude Dunyac (France), Andreas Eschbach (Germany), Angélica Gorodischer (Argentina), Sakyo Komatsu (Japan), Liu Cixin (China), Laurent McAllister (Yves Meynard and Jean-Louis Trudel, Francophone Canada), Olatunde Osunsanmi (Nigeria), Johanna Sinisalo (Finland), and Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (Russia). Contributors: Alexis Brooks de Vita, Pawel Frelik, Yvonne Howell, Yolanda Molina-Gavilán, Vibeke Rützou Petersen, Amy J. Ransom, Hanna-Riikka Roine, Hanna Samola, Mingwei Song, Tatsumi Takayuki, Juan Carlos Toledano Redondo, and Natacha Vas-Deyres.
Astrolinguistics
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Author : Alexander Ollongren
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-11-27
Astrolinguistics written by Alexander Ollongren and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-27 with Science categories.
In linguistics, one of the main areas of modern research involves the capabilities and possibilities of there being a "lingua cosmica," a LINCOS, a universal language that could be used to communicate with non-human intelligences. This book touches on the area of the development and use of a "lingua universalis" for interstellar communication, but it also presents concepts that cover a broad area of linguistics. Chomsky's paradigm on universal properties of natural languages, for a long time a leading general theory of natural languages, includes the strong assumption that humans are born with some kind of universals stored in their brains. Are there universals of this kind of language used by intelligent beings and societies elsewhere in the universe? We do not know whether such languages exist. It seems to be impossible to determine, simply because the universe is too large for an exhaustive search. Even verification will be hard to obtain, without quite a bit of luck. This book uses astrolinguistic principles in message construction and is helpful in clarifying and giving perspective to discussions on existential questions such as these.
Extraterrestrial Languages
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Author : Daniel Oberhaus
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2024-05-07
Extraterrestrial Languages written by Daniel Oberhaus and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-07 with Science categories.
If we send a message into space, will extraterrestrial beings receive it? Will they understand? The endlessly fascinating question of whether we are alone in the universe has always been accompanied by another, more complicated one: if there is extraterrestrial life, how would we communicate with it? In this book, Daniel Oberhaus leads readers on a quest for extraterrestrial communication. Exploring Earthlings' various attempts to reach out to non-Earthlings over the centuries, he poses some not entirely answerable questions: If we send a message into space, will extraterrestrial beings receive it? Will they understand? What languages will they (and we) speak? Is there not only a universal grammar (as Noam Chomsky has posited), but also a grammar of the universe? Oberhaus describes, among other things, a late-nineteenth-century idea to communicate with Martians via Morse code and mirrors; the emergence in the twentieth century of SETI (the search for extraterrestrial intelligence), CETI (communication with extraterrestrial intelligence), and finally METI (messaging extraterrestrial intelligence); the one-way space voyage of Ella, an artificial intelligence agent that can play cards, tell fortunes, and recite poetry; and the launching of a theremin concert for aliens. He considers media used in attempts at extraterrestrial communication, from microwave systems to plaques on spacecrafts to formal logic, and discusses attempts to formulate a language for our message, including the Astraglossa and two generations of Lincos (lingua cosmica). The chosen medium for interstellar communication reveals much about the technological sophistication of the civilization that sends it, Oberhaus observes, but even more interesting is the information embedded in the message itself. In Extraterrestrial Languages, he considers how philosophy, linguistics, mathematics, science, and art have informed the design or limited the effectiveness of our interstellar messaging.
The Alien Iq Test
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Author : Clifford A. Pickover
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2001-12-01
The Alien Iq Test written by Clifford A. Pickover and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-12-01 with Games & Activities categories.
Presents a collection of exercises and puzzles that test mental acuity, mathematical prowess, abstract reasoning, moral sensitivity, and concepts of beauty.
Library Of Congress Subject Headings
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Author : Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Library Of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Subject headings, Library of Congress categories.
Library Of Congress Subject Headings
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Author : Library of Congress
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
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The Names Of Science
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Author : Helge Kragh
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2024-07-04
The Names Of Science written by Helge Kragh and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-04 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The history of science is echoed in the development of its language and the names chosen for its technical terms. The Names of Science examines in detail how, over time, new words have entered the scientific lexicon and how some of them, but far from all, have survived to the present. Why is a transistor called a transistor and not something else? Why was the term 'scientist' only coined in 1834, and why was the name regarded as controversial for a long time afterwards? There is a story behind every scientific word we use today. In this work, Helge Kragh tells many of these stories, taking a broad historical perspective from the Renaissance to the present. By combining elements of linguistics with the history of the natural sciences including physics, chemistry, and astronomy, this book offers a new and innovative perspective on the historical development of the natural sciences. Following an introductory list of useful linguistic terms, the book is structured in six chapters, which cover important phases in the history of science, dealing with a vast range of scientific terminology from physics, chemistry, geology, astronomy, to cosmology. It also considers, if only briefly, how English - and not, say, Latin or French - developed to become the internationally accepted language of science. Contrary to other works dealing with the subject, The Names of Science pays serious attention to the historical dimension of scientific language, and to the way in which scientists have, sometimes unconsciously, acted as linguists and neologists in their research work.
Library Of Congress Subject Headings
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Author : Library of Congress. Office for Subject Cataloging Policy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
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Extraterrestrials
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Author : E. Regis
language : en
Publisher: CUP Archive
Release Date : 1987-04-24
Extraterrestrials written by E. Regis and has been published by CUP Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-04-24 with Science categories.
With current interest in extraterrestrials at a peak, this book is a collection of original and reprinted articles advancing the latest scientific ideas as to the possible existence and nature of extraterrestrial intelligent life. Usually this subject is treated only in popular media, such as science fiction novels, movies, and television. Recently, however, scientists and researchers have begun to consider in earnest whether extraterrestrials really exist, whether they have evolved from simpler forms of life, whether they have evolved intelligence, and if so whether their modes of understanding the world are comparable to and congruent with our own. The contributors to this volume cover these topics, and also consider how we might communicate with aliens, and whether we would be able to understand the alien messages we might receive. Finally the authors, who include distinguished scientists, speculate whether the aliens might have a moral code, and what might be our moral obligations in the event any extraterrestrials were ever discovered.
Library Of Congress Subject Headings P Z
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Author : Library of Congress. Subject Cataloging Division
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Library Of Congress Subject Headings P Z written by Library of Congress. Subject Cataloging Division and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Subject headings, Library of Congress categories.