Bibliograph

Placing outer space, an Earthly ethnography of other worlds, Lisa Messeri

Type

Label

Placing outer space, an Earthly ethnography of other worlds, Lisa Messeri

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Placing outer space

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

926821450

Responsibility statement

Lisa Messeri

Series statement

Experimental futures : technological lives, scientific arts, anthropological voices

Sub title

an Earthly ethnography of other worlds

Summary

"In Placing Outer Space, Lisa Messeri traces how the place-making practices of planetary scientists transform the void of space into a cosmos filled with worlds that can be known and explored. Making planets into places is central to the daily practices and professional identities of the astronomers, geologists, and computer scientists Messeri studies. She takes readers to the Mars Desert Research Station and a NASA research center to discuss ways scientists experience and map Mars. At a Chilean observatory and in MIT's labs she describes how they discover exoplanets and envision what it would be like to inhabit them. Today's planetary science reveals the universe as densely inhabited by evocative worlds, which in turn tells us more about Earth, ourselves, and our place in the universe"--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

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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