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Imagining Outer Space : European Astroculture in the Twentieth Century / / edited by Alexander C.T. Geppert
| Imagining Outer Space : European Astroculture in the Twentieth Century / / edited by Alexander C.T. Geppert |
| Edizione | [2nd ed. 2018.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (459 pages) |
| Disciplina | 387.80940904 |
| Collana | Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - History
Astronomy Europe - History Social history History, Modern History of Science Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences European History Social History Modern History |
| ISBN |
9781349953394
1349953393 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Figures -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction -- 1. European Astrofuturism, Cosmic Provincialism Historicizing the Space Age; A.C.T.Geppert -- PART I: NARRATING OUTER SPACE -- 2. Space, Time and Aliens:The Role of Imagination in Outer Space; S.J.Dick -- 3. Heaven on Earth: Tunguska, 30 June 1908; C.Schmölders -- 4. Imagining Inorganic Life: Crystalline Aliens in Science and Fiction; T.Brandstetter -- PART II: PROJECTING OUTER SPACE -- 5. Projecting Landscapes of the Human Mind onto Another World: Changing Faces of an Imaginary Mars; R.Eisfeld -- 6. 'Smash the Myth of the Fascist Rocket Baron': East German Attacks on Wernher von Braun in the 1960s; M.J.Neufeld -- 7. Transcendence of Gravity: Arthur C. Clarke and the Apocalypse of Weightlessness: T.Bjørnvig -- PART III: VISUALIZING OUTER SPACE -- 8. Per Media Ad Astra?: Outer Space in West Germany's Media, 1957-87; B.Mütter -- 9. Balloons on the Moon: Visions of Space Travel in Francophone Comic Strips; G.de Syon -- 10. 'A Stumble in the Dark': Contextualizing Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Space: 1999; H.Keazor -- PART IV: ENCOUNTERING OUTER SPACE -- 11. Life as We Don't Yet Know It: An Anthropologist's First Contact with the Science of 'Weird Life'; D.Battaglia -- 12. A Ghost in the Machine: How Sociology Tried to Explain (Away) American Flying Saucers and European Ghost Rockets, 1946-47; P.Lagrange -- 13. Seeing the Future of Civilization in the Skies of Quarouble: UFO Encounters and the Problem of Empire in Postwar France; J.Miller -- PART V: INSCRIBING OUTER SPACE -- 14. Self-Reproducing Automata and the Impossibility of SETI; G.Munévar -- 15. Inscribing Scientific Knowledge: Interstellar Communication, NASA's Pioneer Plaque, and Contact with Cultures of the Imagination, 1971-72; W.R.Macauley -- 16. Alien Spotting: Damien Hirst's Beagle 2 , Mars Lander Calibration Target and the Exploitation of Outer Space; T.Weddigen -- Epilogue -- 17. Look Up: Art in the Age of Orbitization; P.Pocock -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299791603321 |
| London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Limiting Outer Space : Astroculture After Apollo / / edited by Alexander C.T. Geppert
| Limiting Outer Space : Astroculture After Apollo / / edited by Alexander C.T. Geppert |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (375 pages) |
| Disciplina | 387.80940904 |
| Collana | Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - History
Astronomy Civilization - History Technology History History of Science Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Cultural History History of Technology |
| ISBN |
9781137369161
1137369167 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- 1 Alexander C.T. Geppert; The Post-Apollo Paradox: Envisioning Limits During the Planetized 1970s -- Part I: Navigating the 1970s -- 2 Martin Collins; The 1970s: Spaceflight and Historically Interpreting the In-between Decade -- 3 Roger D. Launius; Responding to Apollo: America’s Divergent Reactions to the Moon Landings -- 4 Doug Millard; A Grounding in Space: Were the 1970s a Period of Transition in Britain’s Exploration of Outer Space? -- Part II: Reconfiguring Outer Space -- 5 Robert Poole; The Myth of Progress: 2001: A Space Odyssey -- 6 Florian Kläger; The Earthward Gaze and Self-reflexivity in Anglophone Novels of the 1970s -- 7 Thore Bjørnvig; Building Outer Space: LEGO and the Conquest of the Beyond in the 1970s -- 8 Luca Follis;The Province and Heritage of Humankind: Space Law’s Imaginary of Outer Space, 1967–1979 -- Part III: Grounding Utopias -- 9 Andrew Jenks; Transnational Utopias, Space Exploration and the Association of Space Explorers, 1972–1985 -- 10 Regina Peldszus; Architectural Experiments in Space: Orbital Stations, Simulators and Speculative Design, 1968–1982 -- 11 Tilmann Siebeneichner; Spacelab: Peace, Progress and European Politics in Outer Space, 1973–1985 -- 12 Peter J. Westwick; From the Club of Rome to Star Wars: The Era of Limits, Space Colonization and the Origins of SDI -- Epilogue -- 13 David A. Kirby; Final Frontiers? Envisioning Utopia in the Era of Limits. . |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299792103321 |
| London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ortsgespräche : Raum und Kommunikation im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert / Alexander C.T. Geppert, Uffa Jensen, Jörn Weinhold
| Ortsgespräche : Raum und Kommunikation im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert / Alexander C.T. Geppert, Uffa Jensen, Jörn Weinhold |
| Autore | Geppert Alexander C.T |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (380) |
| Disciplina | 000 |
| Collana | Zeit - Sinn - Kultur |
| Soggetto topico | Geschichte; Raum; Kommunikation; Medien; Geographie; Kulturgeschichte; Geschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts; Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts; Geschichtswissenschaft; Space; Media; Geography; Cultural History; History of the 19th Century; History of the 20th Century; History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Cultural History
Geography History of the 19th Century History of the 20th Century History Media |
| ISBN | 3-8394-0312-X |
| Classificazione | AP 13300 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter 1 Inhalt 5 Vorwort 7 Editorial 9 Verräumlichung. Kommunikative Praktiken in historischer Perspektive, 1840-1930 15 Raumvorstellungen in den Geschichts-, Sozial- und Kulturwissenschaften. Epistemologische Profile 53 Die (Un-)Ordnung des Raumes. Bemerkungen zum Wandel geographischer Raumkonzepte im ausgehenden 20. Jahrhundert 79 Rekonstruktion alltäglicher Raumkonstruktionen. Eine Schnittstelle von Sozialgeographie und Geschichtswissenschaft? 107 Pfadfinder. Zur Kolonialisierung des geographischen Raumes 137 Die Modernisierung des nordatlantischen Raumes. Cyrus Field, Taliaferro Shaffner und das submarine Telegraphennetz von 1858 157 Telefonieren als besondere Form gedehnter Äußerung und die Veränderung von Raumbegriffen im frühen 20. Jahrhundert 179 Promenadenmischungen. Raum und Kommunikation in Hydropolen, 1830-1880 203 Öffentliche Ermittlungen und ihre Aneignungen im urbanen Raum. Verbrecherjagden im Berlin des Kaiserreichs 231 Schwellenräume und Übergangsmenschen. Öffentliche Kommunikation in der modernen Großstadt, 1880-1930 257 Raum visualisieren. Zur Genese des modernen Raumverständnisses in Medien der Frühen Neuzeit 287 Architektur und Kommunikation. Zur symbolischen Form der städtischen Villa im 19. Jahrhundert 311 Kommunizierende Räume. Das Museum 341 Raum und Kommunikation. Eine Auswahlbibliographie 361 Autorinnen und Autoren 373 Backmatter 379 |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996308806603316 |
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| Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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