The Resource Dr Space Junk vs The Universe : archaeology and the future, Alice Gorman
Dr Space Junk vs The Universe : archaeology and the future, Alice Gorman
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- Summary
- Going boldly forth as a pioneer in the fledgling field of space archaeology, Dr Alice Gorman (aka Dr Space Junk) turns the common perception of archaeology as an exploration of the ancient on its head. Her captivating inquiry into the most modern and daring of technologies spanning some 60 years — a mere speck in cosmic terms — takes the reader on a journey which captures the relics of space forays and uncovers the cultural value of detritus all too readily dismissed as junk. In this book, she takes a physical journey through the solar system and beyond, and a conceptual journey into human interactions with space. Her tools are artefacts, historical explorations, the occasional cocktail recipe, and the archaeologist’s eye applied not only to the past, but the present and future as well. Erudite and playful, Dr Space Junk reveals that space is not as empty as we might think. And that by looking up and studying space artefacts, we learn an awful lot about our own culture on earth. She makes us realise that objects from the past — the material culture produced by the Space Age and beyond — are so significant to us now because they remind us of what we might want to hold onto into the future
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 290 pages
- Note
- Foreword by Adam Roberts
- Contents
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- Introduction: Looking up, looking down
- Chapter 1: How I became a space archaeologist
- Chapter 2: Journey into space
- Chapter 3: Space archaeology begins on earth
- Chapter 4: Junkyard earth
- Chapter 5: Shadows on the moon
- Chapter 6: The edge of known space
- Chapter 7: Whose space is it anyway
- Chapter 8: Future archaeology
- Isbn
- 9781742236247
- Label
- Dr Space Junk vs The Universe : archaeology and the future
- Title
- Dr Space Junk vs The Universe
- Title remainder
- archaeology and the future
- Statement of responsibility
- Alice Gorman
- Title variation
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- Doctor Space Junk versus The Universe
- Archaeology and the future
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Going boldly forth as a pioneer in the fledgling field of space archaeology, Dr Alice Gorman (aka Dr Space Junk) turns the common perception of archaeology as an exploration of the ancient on its head. Her captivating inquiry into the most modern and daring of technologies spanning some 60 years — a mere speck in cosmic terms — takes the reader on a journey which captures the relics of space forays and uncovers the cultural value of detritus all too readily dismissed as junk. In this book, she takes a physical journey through the solar system and beyond, and a conceptual journey into human interactions with space. Her tools are artefacts, historical explorations, the occasional cocktail recipe, and the archaeologist’s eye applied not only to the past, but the present and future as well. Erudite and playful, Dr Space Junk reveals that space is not as empty as we might think. And that by looking up and studying space artefacts, we learn an awful lot about our own culture on earth. She makes us realise that objects from the past — the material culture produced by the Space Age and beyond — are so significant to us now because they remind us of what we might want to hold onto into the future
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- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gorman, Alice
- Dewey number
- 629.4
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Roberts, Adam
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Space
- Space archaeology
- Outer space
- Space debris
- Astronautics and civilization
- Outer space
- Solar system
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/relation/writerofforeword
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- Label
- Dr Space Junk vs The Universe : archaeology and the future, Alice Gorman
- Note
- Foreword by Adam Roberts
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-282) and index
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- volume
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- Content category
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- Contents
- Introduction: Looking up, looking down -- Chapter 1: How I became a space archaeologist -- Chapter 2: Journey into space -- Chapter 3: Space archaeology begins on earth -- Chapter 4: Junkyard earth -- Chapter 5: Shadows on the moon -- Chapter 6: The edge of known space -- Chapter 7: Whose space is it anyway -- Chapter 8: Future archaeology
- Control code
- 000065147618
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- xiv, 290 pages
- Isbn
- 9781742236247
- Lccn
- be2019010980
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1083133063
- Label
- Dr Space Junk vs The Universe : archaeology and the future, Alice Gorman
- Note
- Foreword by Adam Roberts
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-282) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Looking up, looking down -- Chapter 1: How I became a space archaeologist -- Chapter 2: Journey into space -- Chapter 3: Space archaeology begins on earth -- Chapter 4: Junkyard earth -- Chapter 5: Shadows on the moon -- Chapter 6: The edge of known space -- Chapter 7: Whose space is it anyway -- Chapter 8: Future archaeology
- Control code
- 000065147618
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- xiv, 290 pages
- Isbn
- 9781742236247
- Lccn
- be2019010980
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1083133063
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