In Placing Outer Space Lisa Messeri traces how the place-making practices of planetary scientists transform the void of space into a cosmos filled with worlds that can be known and explored. Making planets into places is central to the daily practices and professional identities of the astronomers, geologists, and computer scientists Messeri studies. She takes readers to the Mars Desert Research Station and a NASA research center to discuss ways scientists experience and map Mars.
At a Chilean observatory and in MIT's labs she describes how they discover exoplanets and envision what it would be like to inhabit them. Today's planetary science reveals the universe as densely inhabited by evocative worlds, which in turn tells us more about Earth, ourselves, and our place in the universe.
| ISBN: | 9780822361879 |
| Publication date: | 9th September 2016 |
| Author: | Lisa Messeri |
| Publisher: | Duke University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 248 pages |
| Series: | Experimental Futures |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural anthropology Astronomy, space and time Geography |
In Placing Outer Space Lisa Messeri traces how the place-making practices of planetary scientists transform the void of space into a cosmos filled with worlds that can be known and explored. Making planets into places is central to the daily practices and professional identities of the astronomers, geologists, and computer scientists Messeri studies.
Placing Outer Space features in the following genres: Social and cultural anthropology, Astronomy, space and time, Geography
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Placing Outer Space was written by Lisa Messeri and published by Duke University Press
Placing Outer Space has 248 pages
Yes it is part of Experimental Futures series