Research Catalog

Title

Cosmos & culture : cultural evolution in a cosmic context / edited by Steven J. Dick and Mark L. Lupisella.

Publication

[Washington, DC : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of External Relations, History Division] : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [2009]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Dick, Steven J.
• Lupisella, Mark.
• United States. NASA History Division.

Description

ix, 602 p. : ill. (some col.); 25 cm.

Series Statement

NASA SP ; 2009-4802

Uniform Title

NASA SP (Series) ; 2009-4802.

Alternative Title

• Cosmos and culture : cultural evolution in a cosmic context
• Cultural evolution in a cosmic context

Subjects

• Cosmology > History
• Culture > Origin
• Human evolution
• Astronomy > History
• Social evolution

Note

• Shipping list no.: 2010-0093-P.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction / Steven J. Dick and Mark L. Lupisella -- Cosmic evolution : state of the science / Eric J. Chaisson -- Cosmic evolution : history, culture, and human destiny / Steven J. Dick -- Social evolution : state of the field / Kathryn Denning -- The evolution of culture / Daniel C. Dennett -- The big burp and the multiplanetary mandate / Howard Bloom -- Evo devo universe? A framework for speculations on cosmic culture / John M. Smart -- Dangerous memes; or, What the Pandorans let loose / Susan Blackmore -- Cosmocultural evolution : the coevolution of culture and cosmos and the creation of cosmic value / Mark L. Lupisella -- The intelligent universe / James Gardner -- Life, mind, and culture as fundamental properties of the universe / Paul C.W. Davies -- The value of "L" and the cosmic bottleneck / Seth Shostak -- Encoding our origins : communicating the evolutionary epic in interstellar messages / Douglas A. Vakoch -- History and science after the chronometric revolution / David Christian -- Bringing culture to cosmos : the postbiological universe / Steven J. Dick -- Bringing cosmos to culture : Harlow Shapley and the uses of cosmic evolution / JoAnn Palmeri.

Call Number

JSE 16-80

ISBN

• 9780160831195
• 0160831199
• 9780160826016 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2009004348

OCLC

301706072

Title

Cosmos & culture : cultural evolution in a cosmic context / edited by Steven J. Dick and Mark L. Lupisella.

Imprint

[Washington, DC : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of External Relations, History Division] : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [2009]

Series

NASA SP ; 2009-4802

NASA SP (Series) ; 2009-4802.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Dick, Steven J.

Lupisella, Mark.

United States. NASA History Division.

Other Form:

Online version: Cosmos & culture. 1 online resource (ix, 602 p.) 9780160831195 (OCoLC)549522416

Gpo Item No.

0830-I

Sudoc No.

NAS 1.21:2009-4802

Research Call Number

JSE 16-80