{"product_id":"seeing-like-a-rover-janet-vertesi-9780226155968","title":"Seeing Like a Rover: How Robots, Teams, and Images Craft Knowledge of Mars","description":"In the years since the Mars Exploration Rover \u003ci\u003eSpirit\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOpportunity \u003c\/i\u003efirst began transmitting images from the surface of Mars, we have become familiar with the harsh, rocky, rusty-red Martian landscape. But those images are much less straightforward than they may seem to a layperson: each one is the result of a complicated set of decisions and processes involving the large team behind the Rovers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With \u003ci\u003eSeeing Like a Rover\u003c\/i\u003e, Janet Vertesi takes us behind the scenes to reveal the work that goes into creating our knowledge of Mars. Every photograph that the Rovers take, she shows, must be processed, manipulated, and interpreted--and all that comes \u003ci\u003eafter\u003c\/i\u003e team members negotiate with each other about what they should even be taking photographs of in the first place. Vertesi's account of the inspiringly successful Rover project reveals science in action, a world where digital processing uncovers scientific truths, where images are used to craft consensus, and where team members develop an uncanny intimacy with the sensory apparatus of a robot that is millions of miles away. Ultimately, Vertesi shows, every image taken by the Mars Rovers is not merely a picture of Mars--it's a portrait of the whole Rover team, as well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Janet Vertesi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022615596X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226155968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.11h x 6.94w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2015","brand":"Janet Vertesi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43981506543871,"sku":"9780226155968","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_adbe408b-1da0-4745-8ab9-35309352a805.jpg?v=1683255984","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/seeing-like-a-rover-janet-vertesi-9780226155968","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}