The alien perspective : a new view of humanity and the cosmos /
Whitehouse, David,
The alien perspective : a new view of humanity and the cosmos / David Whitehouse. - xv, 255 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Includes index
A question asked differently -- The big sky -- Jig of life -- The cosmic cave -- Speak to me -- Palimpest -- Ripples -- Emissary -- Hello Earth -- Us and them -- Arbitrage -- The great gig in the sky -- Boltzmann's brain -- As far as thought can reach.
In David Whitehouse's most ambitious book to date he explores how human evolution has been intertwined with the workings of the cosmos from the very beginning and what the far-distant future may hold, both for the universe and for ourselves. Given enough time, Whitehouse contends, we must communicate with intelligent aliens whose divergent perspective will transform our understanding of the universe. First contact may even come sooner than we think. We have already transmitted signals towards promising exoplanets. If, say, Gliese 581d harbours life, the return signal could reach us in 2051. Drawing the thread of human consciousness from the cave to the cosmos, Whitehouse charts our future journey to the end of space and time, and considers whether something of humanity could remain at the end of it all.
9781785787492 1785787497 9781785789571 1785789570 1785789376 9781785789373
ICONBooks3258 Ingram Content Group
GBC2B6623 bnb GBC2B9194 bnb
020669512 Uk
Cosmology.
Life on other planets.
Interstellar communication.
The alien perspective : a new view of humanity and the cosmos / David Whitehouse. - xv, 255 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Includes index
A question asked differently -- The big sky -- Jig of life -- The cosmic cave -- Speak to me -- Palimpest -- Ripples -- Emissary -- Hello Earth -- Us and them -- Arbitrage -- The great gig in the sky -- Boltzmann's brain -- As far as thought can reach.
In David Whitehouse's most ambitious book to date he explores how human evolution has been intertwined with the workings of the cosmos from the very beginning and what the far-distant future may hold, both for the universe and for ourselves. Given enough time, Whitehouse contends, we must communicate with intelligent aliens whose divergent perspective will transform our understanding of the universe. First contact may even come sooner than we think. We have already transmitted signals towards promising exoplanets. If, say, Gliese 581d harbours life, the return signal could reach us in 2051. Drawing the thread of human consciousness from the cave to the cosmos, Whitehouse charts our future journey to the end of space and time, and considers whether something of humanity could remain at the end of it all.
9781785787492 1785787497 9781785789571 1785789570 1785789376 9781785789373
ICONBooks3258 Ingram Content Group
GBC2B6623 bnb GBC2B9194 bnb
020669512 Uk
Cosmology.
Life on other planets.
Interstellar communication.