Placing outer space : an Earthly ethnography of other worlds /

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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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction from outer space to outer place
  • Narrating Mars in Utah's desert
  • Mapping Mars in Silicon Valley
  • Visualizing alien worlds
  • Inhabiting other Earths
  • Conclusion : navigating the infinite cosmos.

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