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Lisa Messeri traces how planetary scientists-whether working in the Utah desert, a Chilean observatory, or the labs of MIT-transform celestial bodies into places in order to understand the universe as densely inhabited by planets, in turn telling us more about Earth, ourselves, and our place in the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Messeri, Lisa, 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2016.
Colección:Experimental futures.
Temas:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
USA > National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ethnology.
Planets.
Extrasolar planets.
Ethnologie.
Planètes.
Exoplanètes.
ethnology.
social anthropology.
SCIENCE > Astronomy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Weltraumforschung
Planetensystem
Astronomie
Extrasolarer Planet
Visualisierung
Mars > Planet, Motiv
Sternwarte
Chile
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Lisa Messeri traces how planetary scientists-whether working in the Utah desert, a Chilean observatory, or the labs of MIT-transform celestial bodies into places in order to understand the universe as densely inhabited by planets, in turn telling us more about Earth, ourselves, and our place in the cosmos.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 238 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780822373919
0822373912

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