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1 online resource (ix, 602 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
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NASA SP ; 2009-4802 |
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NASA SP (Series) ; 4802.
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Paper version available for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S.G.P.O. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Steven J. Dick and Mark L. Lupisella -- Cosmic evolution : state of the science / Eric J. Chaisson -- Cosmic evolution : history, culture, and human destiny / Steven J. Dick -- Social evolution : state of the field / Kathryn Denning -- The evolution of culture / Daniel C. Dennett -- The big burp and the multiplanetary mandate / Howard Bloom -- Evo devo universe? A framework for speculations on cosmic culture / John M. Smart -- Dangerous memes; or, What the Pandorans let loose / Susan Blackmore -- Cosmocultural evolution : the coevolution of culture and cosmos and the creation of cosmic value / Mark L. Lupisella -- The intelligent universe / James Gardner -- Life, mind, and culture as fundamental properties of the universe / Paul C.W. Davies -- The value of "L" and the cosmic bottleneck / Seth Shostak -- Encoding our origins : communicating the evolutionary epic in interstellar messages / Douglas A. Vakoch -- History and science after the chronometric revolution / David Christian -- Bringing culture to cosmos : the postbiological universe / Steven J. Dick -- Bringing cosmos to culture : Harlow Shapley and the uses of cosmic evolution / JoAnn Palmeri. |
| Summary |
From GPO Bookstore's Website: Authors with diverse backgrounds in science, history, anthropology, and more, consider culture in the context of the cosmos. How does our knowledge of cosmic evolution affect terrestrial culture? Conversely, how does our knowledge of cultural evolution affect our thinking about possible cultures in the cosmos? Are life, mind, and culture of fundamental significance to the grand story of the cosmos that has generated its own self-understanding through science, rational reasoning, and mathematics? Book includes bibliographical references and an index. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Note |
PDF version; title from title screen (viewed on March 9, 2010). |
| Subject |
Cosmology -- History.
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Astronomy -- History.
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Culture -- Origin.
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Social evolution.
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Human evolution.
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Cultural Evolution |
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Cosmologie -- Histoire.
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Astronomie -- Histoire.
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Culture -- Origines.
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Évolution sociale.
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Êtres humains -- Évolution.
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Astronomy
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Cosmology
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Culture -- Origin
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Human evolution
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Social evolution
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COSMOLOGY.
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ASTRONOMY.
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CULTURE (SOCIAL SCIENCES)
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EVOLUTION.
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Government publications -- United States.
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History
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Dick, Steven J.
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Lupisella, Mark.
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United States. NASA History Division.
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| Added Title |
Cosmos and culture : cultural evolution in a cosmic context |
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Cultural evolution in a cosmic context |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Cosmos & culture. ix, 602 p. 9780160831195 (DLC) 2009004348 (OCoLC)301706072 |
| ISBN |
9780160831195 |
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0160831199 |
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9780160897412 (electronic bk.) |
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0160897416 (electronic bk.) |
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9780160826016 |
| Gpo Item No. |
0830-I (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
NAS 1.21:2009-4802 |
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