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Voyager's Golden Record (eBook)

An Enduring Reflection
Artikelnummer: 978-1-80649-115-5
Einband: Adobe Digital Editions
Verfügbarkeit: Noch nicht erschienen, Juli 2027
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The Golden Record is an icon of the space age, designed as a time capsule for all of life on Earth in the hope that, one day, intelligent beings will find it, and play it. The phonographs contain etchings of radio waves and the structure of DNA; photographs of maps and classrooms, crocodiles and skyscrapers; music from around the world, spoken greetings in numerous languages, and the Earth sounds of laughter and whalesong.

In 1977, Voyagers 1 and 2 were launched into space. Since they left Earth, the probes have travelled billions of miles, the only human-made objects to have entered interstellar space. And with each of them, speeding ever farther from our world, is a copy of The Golden Record.

Jon Lomberg, the design director of the Golden Records, NASA historian Glen Swanson, and space anthropologist Deana Weibel offer a record of the Golden Record: a first-hand account of its making, and humanity's enduring ambition to converse with the cosmos.

The Golden Record is an icon of the space age, designed as a time capsule for all of life on Earth in the hope that, one day, intelligent beings will find it, and play it. The phonographs contain etchings of radio waves and the structure of DNA; photographs of maps and classrooms, crocodiles and skyscrapers; music from around the world, spoken greetings in numerous languages, and the Earth sounds of laughter and whalesong.

In 1977, Voyagers 1 and 2 were launched into space. Since they left Earth, the probes have travelled billions of miles, the only human-made objects to have entered interstellar space. And with each of them, speeding ever farther from our world, is a copy of The Golden Record.

Jon Lomberg, the design director of the Golden Records, NASA historian Glen Swanson, and space anthropologist Deana Weibel offer a record of the Golden Record: a first-hand account of its making, and humanity's enduring ambition to converse with the cosmos.

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VerlagProfile
EinbandAdobe Digital Editions
Erscheinungsjahr2027
Seitenangabe48 S.
AusgabekennzeichenEnglisch
Abbildungen2 sets of 8 page colour plates
PlattformEPUB
AutorLomberg, Jon / Weibel, Deana / Swanson, Glen

Über den Autor Jon Lomberg

Jon Lomberg is the principal artistic collaborator of Carl Sagan and Design Director of the Golden Record. He co-authored Murmurs of Earth, and worked with Sagan on Contact, The Cosmic Connection and COSMOS for which he won an EMMY.Glen Swanson is a historian of space exploration and former Chief Historian of NASA's Johnson Space Centre. He led the digitization of the Apollo mission transcript, and has served as a consultant to astronauts, authors and filmmakers alike. Deana Weibel is Professor of Anthropology at Grand Valley State University, where her work focuses on the intersection of cultural and scientific study.

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