Deep Time (Gebundene Ausgabe) von Gregory Benford   Rezensionen: Physicist and science fiction author Gregory Benford says there are two main impulses behind human efforts to communicate with future societies. The first, "High Church," shouts beauty, ego, and awe across the millennia:See how amazing our pyramid-building skills were?The Seven Wonders of the World would fall into this category--if they had lasted. Monuments, cathedrals, tombs, anything that says, "This great object meant something to us." On a much more mundane (and human) level is the "Kilroy" impulse:I lived!You needn't look hard to find evidence of this temporal communication: graffiti is as old as humanity, and latter-day taggers are following in the footsteps of Greek mercenaries (who left their names all over Egyptian monuments, Lord Byron (who carved his name into the Temple of Poseidon), and legions of anonymous ancient scribblers. So, humans want and are able to communicate (wordlessly and otherwise) over thousands of years. But, asks Benford, can we accurately convey information over millions of years, or longer? We may need to do just that in order to responsibly protect future beings from our current, long-reaching messages--nuclear waste, climate change, extinction of species. Benford was part of a team of artists and scientists trying to come up with ways of saying "WARNING" to humans (or other beings) in the distant future.Deep Timeis a fascinating look at the nature of communication and the future implications of things we do today. It's a terrifically intelligent, detailed, and comprehensive long view, with a message sorely needed by short-lived, but brainy, humans.--Therese Littleton © 1998-2001 Amazon.com, Inc. und Tochtergesellschaften Alle Rezensionen ansehen...   Angebote zu  Deep ,  Time ,  Gebundene  ab 1 Euro! Sonstige Artikel: Weil ich dich lieb hab (kleine Ausgabe) (Gebundene Ausgabe) von Katja Reider, Sabine Kraushaar Blind für die Geschichte? Arabische Begegnungen mit dem Nationalsozialismus (Taschenbuch) von Gerhard Höpp, Peter Wien, René Wildangel Frag Den Abendwind von Francoise Hardy Mehr zu  Real Estate,  Social Sciences,  Linguistics,  Sociology,  Controversial Knowledge,  Science,  History & Philosophy,  History of Technology,  Futurology,  Risks Home ...,    Angebote ansehen ...,    Begleitseite ... Herausgeber dieser Seite ist DomainLoc.com GmbH - Partner von Amazon.de Copyright © DomainLoc.com GmbH (Impressum)