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Alien listening : Voyager's golden record and music from Earth / Daniel K. L. Chua, Alexander Rehding ; with illustrations by Lau Kwong Shing and Takahiro Kurashima.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Zone Books, 2021Description: 271 páginas : ilustraciones ; 23 cmContent type:
  • texto
Media type:
  • sin mediación
Carrier type:
  • volumen
ISBN:
  • 9781942130536
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Contents:
PART 1. TOWARD AN INTERGALACTIC MUSIC THEORY OF EVERYTHING: I. Manifesto ; II. Blueprint -- PART 2. A MEDIA THEORY OF THE THIRD KIND: III. Sender ; IV. Transmission ; V. Receiver -- CODA: VI. Definition ; VII. Repeat
Bibliography: Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índices.Summary: "In 1977 NASA shot a mixtape into outer space. The Golden Record aboard the Voyager spacecraft contains world music and sounds of the Earth with which humanity represents itself to any extraterrestrial civilizations. This book asks the big questions that the Golden Record raises. Can music live up to its reputation as the universal language in communications with the unknown? How do we fit all of human culture into a time capsule that will barrel through space for tens of thousands of years?." (cubierta posterior)

PART 1. TOWARD AN INTERGALACTIC MUSIC THEORY OF EVERYTHING: I. Manifesto ; II. Blueprint -- PART 2. A MEDIA THEORY OF THE THIRD KIND: III. Sender ; IV. Transmission ; V. Receiver -- CODA: VI. Definition ; VII. Repeat

"In 1977 NASA shot a mixtape into outer space. The Golden Record aboard the Voyager spacecraft contains world music and sounds of the Earth with which humanity represents itself to any extraterrestrial civilizations. This book asks the big questions that the Golden Record raises. Can music live up to its reputation as the universal language in communications with the unknown? How do we fit all of human culture into a time capsule that will barrel through space for tens of thousands of years?." (cubierta posterior)

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