Communicating with an extraterrestrial intelligence is not a temple of science-fiction writers any longer.
NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space Administration), the agency of the US government responsible for space program and aerospace research, has released a free ebook Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication.
The book, edited by Douglas A. Vakoch, is a collection of works in which scholars deal with a plethora of challenges our civilization will face if “an information-rich signal emanating from another world is detected”.
The book description follows:
By drawing on issues at the core of contemporary archaeology and anthropology, we can be much better prepared for contact with an extraterrestrial civilization, should that day ever come.
To tease you, here are some of the book chapters:
Beyond Linear B
The Metasemiotic Challenge of Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Richard Saint-Gelais
Learning To Read
Interstellar Message Decipherment from Archaeological and Anthropological Perspectives
Kathryn E. Denning
Anthropology at a Distance
SETI and the Production of Knowledge in the Encounter with an Extraterrestrial Other
John W. Traphagan
Contact Considerations
A Cross-Cultural Perspective
Douglas Raybeck
It’s not a first free ebook from NASA. You can browse the entire collection here.
The ebook is available in three formats, mobi (for Kindle), epub (for the rest of the e-readers and e-reading apps), and pdf (fixed-layout).
Here are the download links:
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