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Altruism in cross-cultural perspective / / Douglas A. Vakoch, editor
| Altruism in cross-cultural perspective / / Douglas A. Vakoch, editor |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Springer, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (189 p.) |
| Disciplina | 171.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | VakochDouglas A |
| Collana | International and cultural psychology |
| Soggetto topico | Altruism |
| ISBN | 1-4614-6952-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Altruism in Its Personal, Social, and Cultural Contexts: An Introduction -- Conceptual Aspects of Altruism in Cross-cultural Contexts.- Cross-cultural Variation in Altruism: Traditional Parental Manipulation and Ancestor-Descendant Conflict -- Guatemalan Adolescents’ Reports of Helping in Urban and Rural Mayan Communities -- Do We Really Like the Kind Girls and Animals?: Cross-cultural Analysis of Altruism in Folktales -- Cultural Values and Volunteering: A Cross-cultural Perspective -- Daoism and Altruism: A China-USA Perspective -- Altruism in Indian Religions: Embracing the Biosphere -- Altruism—Renouncing the Renunciant: A Discussion on Desire and Selflessness -- Spiritual Transformation and Healing: Is Altruism Integral? -- Altruism in Human Ritual -- Epilogue. To Give or Not to Give: Confessions of a Humanitarian Aid Worker. . |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910741188203321 |
| New York, : Springer, 2013 | ||
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Astrobiology, history, and society : life beyond Earth and the impact of discovery / / Douglas A. Vakoch, editor
| Astrobiology, history, and society : life beyond Earth and the impact of discovery / / Douglas A. Vakoch, editor |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; Heidelberg, : Springer-Verlag, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (386 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.839 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | VakochDouglas A |
| Collana | Advances in astrobiology and geophysics |
| Soggetto topico |
Exobiology
Life on other planets |
| ISBN |
1-78539-635-8
3-642-35983-3 |
| Classificazione |
39.24
39.01 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part I. The Early Extraterrestrial Life Debate -- Chapter 1. The Extraterrestrial Life Debate from Antiquity to 1900 -- Chapter 2. Early Modern ET, Reflexive Telescopics, and Their Relevance Today -- Chapter 3. Extraterrestrial Life as the Great Analogy, Two Centuries Ago and in Modern Astrobiology -- Chapter 4. Hegel, Analogy, and Extraterrestrial Life -- Chapter 5. The Relationship Between the Origins of Life on Earth and the Possibility of Life on Other Planets: A Nineteenth-century Perspective -- Chapter 6. Pioneering Concepts of Planetary Habitability -- Part II. The Modern Extraterrestrial Life Debate -- Chapter 7. The Twentieth Century History of the Extraterrestrial Life Debate: Major Themes and Lessons Learned -- Chapter 8. The Creator of Astrobotany, Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov -- Chapter 9. Life Beyond Earth and the Evolutionary Synthesis -- Chapter 10. The First Thousand Exoplanets: Two Decades of Excitement and Discovery -- Chapter 11. Extraterrestrial Life in the Microbial Age -- Part III. Societal Impact of Discovering Extraterrestrial Life -- Chapter 12. The Societal Impact of Extraterrestrial Life: The Relevance of History and the Social Sciences -- Chapter 13. Cultural Resources and Cognitive Frames: Keys to an Anthropological Approach to Prediction -- Chapter 14. The Detection of Extraterrestrial Life: Are We Ready? -- Chapter 15. Impact of Extraterrestrial Life Discovery for Third World Societies: Anthropological and Public Health Considerations -- Chapter 16. Impossible Predictions of the Unprecedented: Analogy, History, and the Work of Prognostication -- Chapter 17. Mainstream Media and Social Media Reactions to the Discovery of Extraterrestrial Life -- Chapter 18. Christianity’s Response to the Discovery of Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life: Insights from Science and Religion and the Sociology of Religion -- Chapter 19. Would the Discovery of ETI Provoke a Religious Crisis? -- Index. . |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910437954703321 |
| Berlin ; ; Heidelberg, : Springer-Verlag, 2013 | ||
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Civilizations beyond earth [[electronic resource] ] : extraterrestrial life and society / / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch and Albert A. Harrison
| Civilizations beyond earth [[electronic resource] ] : extraterrestrial life and society / / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch and Albert A. Harrison |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
| Disciplina | 999 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
VakochDouglas A
HarrisonAlbert A |
| Soggetto topico | Extraterrestrial beings |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-78238-316-6
1-283-32640-X 9786613326409 0-85745-211-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: The search for extraterrestrial intelligence as an interdisciplinary effort / Albert A. Harrison and Douglas A. Vakoch -- Does extraterrestrial life exist? Are we alone? Estimating the prevalence of extraterrestrial intelligence / Seth Shostak ; Encountering alternative intelligences : cognitive archaeology and SETI / Paul K. Wason ; The lifetimes of scientific civilizations and the genetic evolution of the brain / Alan Penny ; "L" on Earth / Kathryn Denning -- Reactions to discovering life beyond Earth. Can SETI fulfill the value agenda of cultural anthropology? / Donald E. Tarter ; American attitudes about life beyond Earth : beliefs, concerns, and the role of education and religion in shaping public perceptions / George Pettinico ; Cultural beliefs about extraterrestrials : a questionnaire study / William Sims Bainbridge ; The science and politics of SETI : how to succeed in an era of make-believe history and pseudoscience / Albert A. Harrison -- Communication with extraterrestrial intelligence. Cultural aspects of interstellar communication / Carl L. DeVito ; Cosmic storytelling : primitive observables as Rosetta analogies / Harry Letaw, Jr. ; Direct contact with exterrestrials via computer emulation / William Sims Bainbridge ; The inscrutable names of God : the Jesuit missions of New France as a model for SETI-related spiritual questions / Jason T. Kuznicki ; ET phone Darwin : what can an evolutionary understanding of animal communication and art contribute to our understanding of methods for interstellar communication? / Kathryn Coe, Craig T. Palmer, and Christina Pomianek ; A journalistic perspective on SETI-related message composition / Morris Jones. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457486803321 |
| New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Civilizations beyond earth [[electronic resource] ] : extraterrestrial life and society / / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch and Albert A. Harrison
| Civilizations beyond earth [[electronic resource] ] : extraterrestrial life and society / / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch and Albert A. Harrison |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
| Disciplina | 999 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
VakochDouglas A
HarrisonAlbert A |
| Soggetto topico | Extraterrestrial beings |
| ISBN |
1-78238-316-6
1-283-32640-X 9786613326409 0-85745-211-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: The search for extraterrestrial intelligence as an interdisciplinary effort / Albert A. Harrison and Douglas A. Vakoch -- Does extraterrestrial life exist? Are we alone? Estimating the prevalence of extraterrestrial intelligence / Seth Shostak ; Encountering alternative intelligences : cognitive archaeology and SETI / Paul K. Wason ; The lifetimes of scientific civilizations and the genetic evolution of the brain / Alan Penny ; "L" on Earth / Kathryn Denning -- Reactions to discovering life beyond Earth. Can SETI fulfill the value agenda of cultural anthropology? / Donald E. Tarter ; American attitudes about life beyond Earth : beliefs, concerns, and the role of education and religion in shaping public perceptions / George Pettinico ; Cultural beliefs about extraterrestrials : a questionnaire study / William Sims Bainbridge ; The science and politics of SETI : how to succeed in an era of make-believe history and pseudoscience / Albert A. Harrison -- Communication with extraterrestrial intelligence. Cultural aspects of interstellar communication / Carl L. DeVito ; Cosmic storytelling : primitive observables as Rosetta analogies / Harry Letaw, Jr. ; Direct contact with exterrestrials via computer emulation / William Sims Bainbridge ; The inscrutable names of God : the Jesuit missions of New France as a model for SETI-related spiritual questions / Jason T. Kuznicki ; ET phone Darwin : what can an evolutionary understanding of animal communication and art contribute to our understanding of methods for interstellar communication? / Kathryn Coe, Craig T. Palmer, and Christina Pomianek ; A journalistic perspective on SETI-related message composition / Morris Jones. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781845503321 |
| New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Civilizations beyond earth : extraterrestrial life and society / / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch and Albert A. Harrison
| Civilizations beyond earth : extraterrestrial life and society / / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch and Albert A. Harrison |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
| Disciplina | 999 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
VakochDouglas A
HarrisonAlbert A |
| Soggetto topico | Extraterrestrial beings |
| ISBN |
1-78238-316-6
1-283-32640-X 9786613326409 0-85745-211-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: The search for extraterrestrial intelligence as an interdisciplinary effort / Albert A. Harrison and Douglas A. Vakoch -- Does extraterrestrial life exist? Are we alone? Estimating the prevalence of extraterrestrial intelligence / Seth Shostak ; Encountering alternative intelligences : cognitive archaeology and SETI / Paul K. Wason ; The lifetimes of scientific civilizations and the genetic evolution of the brain / Alan Penny ; "L" on Earth / Kathryn Denning -- Reactions to discovering life beyond Earth. Can SETI fulfill the value agenda of cultural anthropology? / Donald E. Tarter ; American attitudes about life beyond Earth : beliefs, concerns, and the role of education and religion in shaping public perceptions / George Pettinico ; Cultural beliefs about extraterrestrials : a questionnaire study / William Sims Bainbridge ; The science and politics of SETI : how to succeed in an era of make-believe history and pseudoscience / Albert A. Harrison -- Communication with extraterrestrial intelligence. Cultural aspects of interstellar communication / Carl L. DeVito ; Cosmic storytelling : primitive observables as Rosetta analogies / Harry Letaw, Jr. ; Direct contact with exterrestrials via computer emulation / William Sims Bainbridge ; The inscrutable names of God : the Jesuit missions of New France as a model for SETI-related spiritual questions / Jason T. Kuznicki ; ET phone Darwin : what can an evolutionary understanding of animal communication and art contribute to our understanding of methods for interstellar communication? / Kathryn Coe, Craig T. Palmer, and Christina Pomianek ; A journalistic perspective on SETI-related message composition / Morris Jones. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819398603321 |
| New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Communication with extraterrestrial intelligence [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch
| Communication with extraterrestrial intelligence [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (522 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8/39 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | VakochDouglas A |
| Collana | SUNY scholarly conferences |
| Soggetto topico |
Interstellar communication
Life on other planets |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4384-3795-1
1-4416-9234-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461269403321 |
| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Communication with extraterrestrial intelligence [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch
| Communication with extraterrestrial intelligence [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (522 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8/39 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | VakochDouglas A |
| Collana | SUNY scholarly conferences |
| Soggetto topico |
Interstellar communication
Life on other planets |
| ISBN |
1-4384-3795-1
1-4416-9234-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789984803321 |
| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Communication with extraterrestrial intelligence / / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch
| Communication with extraterrestrial intelligence / / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (522 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8/39 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | VakochDouglas A |
| Collana | SUNY scholarly conferences |
| Soggetto topico |
Interstellar communication
Life on other planets |
| ISBN |
1-4384-3795-1
1-4416-9234-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Latest Advances in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) -- Exoplanets, Extremophiles, and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence -- Current and Nascent SETI Instruments in the Radio and Optical -- Candidate Identification and Interference Removal in SETI@home -- A New Class of SETI BeaconsThat Contain Information -- Getting the World Actively Involved in SETI Searches -- The Effects of the Ionized Interstellar Medium on Broadband Signals of Extraterrestrial Origin -- The Next Steps in SETI-ITALIA Science and Technology -- Project SAZANKA: Multisite and Multifrequency Simultaneous SETI Observations in Japan -- Harvard's Advanced All-sky Optical SETI -- The OZ OSETI Project -- The New Telescope/Photometer Optical SETI Project of SETI Institute and the Lick Observatory -- Large-Scale Use of Solar Power May Be Visible across Interstellar Distances -- Interstellar Radio Links Enabled by Gravitational Lenses of the Sun and Stars -- Cost Analysis of Space Exploration for an Extraterrestrial Civilization -- Understanding the Search Space for SETI -- Part II. Active SETI: Should We Transmit? -- Unpacking the Great Transmission Debate -- Integrating Active and Passive SETI Programs -- Building and Searching for Cost-Optimized Interstellar Beacons -- Seeking Contact -- Pragmatism, Cosmocentrism,and Proportional Consultation for Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence -- SETI and International Radio Law -- What the World Needs Now -- Limits on Interstellar Messages -- Communication among Interstellar Intelligent Species -- The Chemiosmosis Message -- A Proposal for an Interstellar Rosetta Stone -- Processes in Lingua Cosmica -- Testing SETI Message Designs -- The DISC Quotient.
On the Universality of Human Mathematics -- Cognitive Foundations of Interstellar Communication -- Culture, Meaning, and Interstellar Message Construction. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817092203321 |
| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ecofeminism and rhetoric [[electronic resource] ] : critical perspectives on sex, technology, and discourse / / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch
| Ecofeminism and rhetoric [[electronic resource] ] : critical perspectives on sex, technology, and discourse / / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.4201 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | VakochDouglas A |
| Soggetto topico |
Ecofeminism
Feminist criticism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-85745-188-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Ecofeminism and Rhetoric; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1 - The Rhetorics of Critical Ecofeminism: Conceptual Connection and Reasoned Response; Chapter 2 - Into the Wild: An Ecofeminist Perspective on the Human Control of Canine Sexuality and Reproduction; Chapter 3 - Gender Representations in Orangutan Primatological Narratives: Essentialist Interpretations of Sexuality, Motherhood, and Women
Chapter 4 - Invitational Rhetoric: Alternative Rhetorical Strategy as Ecofeminist Practice for Transformation of Perception and Use of Energy in the Residential Built Environment from the Keweenaw to KeralaChapter 5 - Ecofeminist Ethics and Digital Technology: A Case Study of Microsoft Word; Afterword; Epilogue - Unwrapping the Enigma of Ecofeminism: A Solution to the Illusion of Incoherence; Notes on Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461461503321 |
| New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ecofeminism and rhetoric [[electronic resource] ] : critical perspectives on sex, technology, and discourse / / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch
| Ecofeminism and rhetoric [[electronic resource] ] : critical perspectives on sex, technology, and discourse / / edited by Douglas A. Vakoch |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.4201 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | VakochDouglas A |
| Soggetto topico |
Ecofeminism
Feminist criticism |
| ISBN | 0-85745-188-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Ecofeminism and Rhetoric; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1 - The Rhetorics of Critical Ecofeminism: Conceptual Connection and Reasoned Response; Chapter 2 - Into the Wild: An Ecofeminist Perspective on the Human Control of Canine Sexuality and Reproduction; Chapter 3 - Gender Representations in Orangutan Primatological Narratives: Essentialist Interpretations of Sexuality, Motherhood, and Women
Chapter 4 - Invitational Rhetoric: Alternative Rhetorical Strategy as Ecofeminist Practice for Transformation of Perception and Use of Energy in the Residential Built Environment from the Keweenaw to KeralaChapter 5 - Ecofeminist Ethics and Digital Technology: A Case Study of Microsoft Word; Afterword; Epilogue - Unwrapping the Enigma of Ecofeminism: A Solution to the Illusion of Incoherence; Notes on Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789753303321 |
| New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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