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9780262357647
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" 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. "
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Biographisches: "Stanislaw Lem (1921–" Rezension(2): " Peter S. Beagle , New York Times --- The release of these new volumes seems to expand the possibilities of what a university publisher can do. -- LitHub -- This thorough, intellectual take on a classic hard sci-fi...:Such deadly wit, such deadly playful tightrope walking...a modern European version of Swift or Voltaire." Rezension(3): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: Starred review from March 16, 2020 This deeply philosophical first contact tale, originally published in 1967, showcases the brilliant, often prescient mind of the late Lem (1921–2006). Humanity’s struggle to interpret what may or may not be a message from extraterrestrial intelligence is recounted in the manuscripts of professor Peter Hogarth, “discovered” by Lem after Hogarth’s death. Hogarth introduces himself in a disarmingly self-deprecating preface as a scientist whose fundamental character traits are “cowardice, malice, and pride,” easing readers into the cerebral tale of a series of chance events which lead a group of scientists to detect a message embedded in recordings of neutrino emissions from “certain selected patches of the sky.” Though little action animates the story, the complexities of the subsequent debate around how best to understand the alien communication—which may be billions of years old—are thought-provoking and entirely plausible. This thorough, intellectual take on a classic hard sci-fi trope is Lem at his best."
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Author information:
Lem, Stanisław
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