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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: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York Zone Books 2021Description: 271 Seiten Illustrationen, Notenbeispiele 1 FolieContent type:
  • Text
Media type:
  • ohne Hilfsmittel zu benutzen
Carrier type:
  • Band
ISBN:
  • 9781942130536
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No title; Erscheint auch als: Alien listeningDDC classification:
  • 780.999
LOC classification:
  • ML3799.4
Other classification:
  • LR 57730
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?"--
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
single unit book single unit book HAC Library - Holdings of the American Academy in Berlin HAC – 1st floor – Library Room – Open Stacks F (Affiliated) F:ML3799.4 C58 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 2023-4497

Includes bibliographical references and index

"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?"--

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