Category: reviews

• Universe Today: Report on the Communicating Across the Cosmos workshop Part 3 Bridging the Vast Gulf

  Paul Patton opens the third part of the report by saying: “If extraterrestrial civilizations exist, the nearest is probably at least hundreds or thousands of light years away. Still, the greatest gulf that we will have to bridge to communicate with extraterrestrials is not such distances, but the gulf between human and alien minds. In mid-November,…

  Klara Anna Capova

  November 27, 2014

  reviews

  anthropology of outerspace, anthropology of science, interstellar messages, seti, universe today, workshop

• Universe Today Reports on the Communicating Across the Cosmos Workshop

  Since it was founded in 1984, the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute in Mountain View, California, has been a principal American venue for scientific efforts to discover evidence of extraterrestrial civilizations. In mid November, the institute sponsored a conference, “Communicating across the Cosmos”, on the problems of devising and understanding messages from other worlds. The conference drew 17 speakers from numerous disciplines, including linguistics,…

  Klara Anna Capova

  November 21, 2014

  reviews

  anthropology of outerspace, extraterrestrial intellingence, extraterrestrial life, messaging, SETI Institute, workshop

• NASA History Program Office’s Quarterly Newsletter: Second Quarter 2013

  The NASA History Program Office’s Quarterly Notes & News published in 2013, Volume 30, Number 2. The Sound of Space workshop report ‘The Sonic Dimension of Outer Space, 1940–1980’ including a note about my presentation is available from the News & Notes: the NASA History Program Office’s Quarterly Newsletter.

  Klara Anna Capova

  October 3, 2014

  reviews, talks

  anthropology of outerspace, history of science, nasa

• ‘Astrobiology, history, and society’ book has received a strong review in Choice

  I’m pleased to announce that Astrobiology, History, and Society has received a strong review in Choice, a periodical used by librarians to decide which books to acquire. Outstanding Title! 51-3815QH327 MARC Astrobiology, history, and society: life beyond Earth and the impact of discovery, ed. by Douglas A. Vakoch. Springer, 2013. ISBN 9783642359828 Recent confirmation of…

  Klara Anna Capova

  September 15, 2014

  publications, reviews

  astrobiology, fundamental questions, history, impact of science, social studies of science and technology