| His Master's Voice Contributor(s): Lem, Stanislaw (Author), Shostak, Seth (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0262538458 ISBN-13: 9780262538459 Publisher: MIT Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Alien Contact - Fiction | Science Fiction - Hard Science Fiction - Fiction | Visionary & Metaphysical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2019024769 |
| Series: Mit Press |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.3" W x 7.9" (0.60 lbs) 280 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Nevada |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Scientists attempt to decode what may be a message from intelligent beings in outer space. By pure chance, scientists detect a signal from space that may be communication from rational beings. How can people of Earth understand this message, knowing nothing about the senders--even whether or not they exist? Written as the memoir of a mathematician who participates in the government project (code name: His Master's Voice) attempting to decode what seems to be a message from outer space, this classic novel shows scientists grappling with fundamental questions about the nature of reality, the confines of knowledge, the limitations of the human mind, and the ethics of military-sponsored scientific research. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lem, Stanislaw: - Stanislaw Lem (1921-2006), a writer called "worthy of the Nobel Prize" by the New York Times, was an internationally renowned author of novels, short stories, literary criticism, and philosophical essays. His books have been translated into forty-four languages and have sold more than thirty million copies. |