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- Title
- Making Contact: Jill Tarter and the Search for Extraterrestrial
- ISBN
- 9781681774411
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pegasus Books
ISBN-10
1681774410
ISBN-13
9781681774411
eBay Product ID (ePID)
234323280
Product Key Features
Book Title
Making Contact : Jill Tarter and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Topic
Space Science, Women's Studies, Astronomy, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Science & Technology
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
17.3 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2017-448943
Reviews
Scoles's biography deftly and entertainingly tells the story of groundbreaking scientist Jill Tarter, whose work has been pivotal to SETI. Making Contact astutely highlights the nuances and challenges of being a female scientist at the time, a heroic achievement in itself. Tarter's story reminds us to keep pursuing answers to pivotal scientific questions, regardless of the ideological barriers., Scoles shares the fantastic story of people willing to pursue a quixotic goal in the face of daunting odds., Scoles--who has clear affection for her subject--highlights Tarter's tenacity. A detailed portrait of how the science sausage gets made., An admiring, insightful biography. Scoles has done her homework, so readers will both understand and sympathize with Tarter, who has become an icon and role model despite pursuing a goal she knows she will never achieve., Scoles's conversational style and cultural references will appeal to the readers of Wired magazine. Tarter emerges as both heroic and all too human. To paraphrase the poet Robert Browning, humanity's reach must exceed its grasp, or what are the heavens for?
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
576.8/39 B
Synopsis
Sarah Scoles reveals the fascinating figure at the centre of the final frontier of scientific investigation and the inspiration for Carl Sagan's Contact., Today, her computer's screensaver is just the text "SO...ARE WE ALONE?" This question keeps her up at night. In some ways, this is the question that keep us all up at night. We have all spent dark hours wondering about our place in it all, pondering our "aloneness," both terrestrial and cosmic. Tarter's life and her work are not just a quest to understand life in the universe: they are a quest to understand our lives within the universe. No one has told that story, her story, until now. It all began with gazing into the night sky. All those stars were just distant suns--were any of them someone else's sun? Diving into the science, philosophy, and politics of SETI--searching for extraterrestrial intelligence--Sarah Scoles reveals the fascinating figure at the center of the final frontier of scientific investigation. This is the perfect book for anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wondered if we are alone in the universe., For anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wondered, "Are we alone?" A brilliant examination of the science behind the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and its pioneer, Jill Tarter, the inspiration for the main character in Carl Sagan's Contact.
LC Classification Number
QB54
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