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UNINA9910779341503321 |
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Brake Mark |
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Alien life imagined : communicating the science and culture of Astrobiology / / Mark Brake [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
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1-107-23304-6 |
1-139-85347-3 |
1-139-84438-5 |
1-139-01869-8 |
1-139-83964-0 |
1-139-84552-7 |
1-139-84202-1 |
1-283-83616-5 |
1-139-84083-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (276 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Unidentified flying object literature |
Unidentified flying objects |
Voyages, Imaginary |
Life on other planets |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Kosmos : aliens in ancient Greece : Kosmos / Mark Brake -- The world turned upside down : Copernicanism and the voyages of discovery : voyages / Mark Brake -- In Newton's train : pluralism and the system of the world : Newton's train / Mark Brake -- Extraterrestrials in the early machine age / Mark Brake -- After Darwin : the War of the worlds : Darwin--WOTW / Mark Brake -- Einstein's sky : life in the new universe : Einstein's sky / Mark Brake -- Ever since SETI : astrobiology in the Space Age / Mark Brake. |
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One day, astrobiologists could make the most fantastic discovery of all time: the detection of complex extraterrestrial life. As space agencies continue to search for life in our Universe, fundamental questions are |
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raised: are we awake to the revolutionary effects on human science, society and culture that alien contact will bring? And how is it possible to imagine the unknown? In this book, Mark Brake tells the compelling story of how the portrayal of extraterrestrial life has developed over the last two and a half thousand years. Taking examples from the history of science, philosophy, film and fiction, he showcases how scholars, scientists, film-makers and writers have devoted their energies to imagining life beyond this Earth. From Newton to Kubrick, and Lucian to H. G. Wells, this is a fascinating account for anyone interested in the extraterrestrial life debate, from general readers to amateur astronomers and undergraduate students studying astrobiology. |
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UNINA9910299358403321 |
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Autore |
Mazzola Guerino |
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Basic Music Technology : An Introduction / / by Guerino Mazzola, Yan Pang, William Heinze, Kyriaki Gkoudina, Gian Afrisando Pujakusuma, Jacob Grunklee, Zilu Chen, Tianxue Hu, Yiqing Ma |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
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[1st ed. 2018.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (X, 200 p.) |
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Computational Music Science, , 1868-0305 |
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Application software |
Music |
Mathematics |
Computer Appl. in Arts and Humanities |
Mathematics in Music |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references & index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction and Ontology -- Acoustic Reality -- Electromagnetic Encoding of Music: Hardware and Software -- Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) -- Software Environments for MIDI and Audio -- Global Music.-References.-Index. |
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This is an introduction to basic music technology, including acoustics for sound production and analysis, Fourier, frequency modulation, wavelets, and physical modeling and a classification of musical instruments and sound spaces for tuning and counterpoint. The acoustical theory is applied to its implementation in analogue and digital technology, including a detailed discussion of Fast Fourier Transform and MP3 compression. Beyond acoustics, the book discusses important symbolic sound event representation and software as typically realized by MIDI and denotator formalisms. The concluding chapters deal with globalization of music on the Internet, referring to iTunes, Spotify and similar environments. The book will be valuable for students of music, music informatics, and sound engineering. |
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