{"product_id":"speaking-beyond-earth-paul-e-quast-9781476690001","title":"Speaking Beyond Earth: Perspectives on Messaging Across Deep Space and Cosmic Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e Since the dawn of the Space Age, small cohorts of humanity have broadcast signals towards other stars, fabricated \"space-time capsules\" to \"speak for Earth\" aboard interstellar probes, deposited collections of \"space oddities\" on other astronomical bodies, and permanently incised the memory of our species across the deep-time legacy of the Sol System. Many of these purposeful \"messages\" are the consequence of age-old behaviors, traditions, and material practices using modern aerospace technologies. Most attempt to preserve narratives of human experience in social exchange devices for imagined, exotic audiences. Looking back upon this accumulative history of \"messaging from Earth\", how do we begin to interpret such an eclectic portrait of Earth for ourselves? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Surveying and cataloguing the variety of these artifacts through a series of interdisciplinary essays and visual documentation, this volume chronicles our changing relationships, customs, and assumptions made within this material culture for our own eyes. What do these autobiographical accounts tell us about Terrans and our minds, set against the backdrop of our planetary history?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul E. Quast\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476690006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476690001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.43d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2024","brand":"Paul E. Quast","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46906778484991,"sku":"9781476690001","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_00318219-348e-4adf-93ab-f0cf07b0a35d.jpg?v=1748771393","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/speaking-beyond-earth-paul-e-quast-9781476690001","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}