Placing Outer Space: An Earthly Ethnography of Other Worlds

(Part of the Experimental Futures Series)

by Lisa Messeri

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In Placing Outer Space Lisa Messeri traces how the place-making practices of planetary scientists transform the void of space into a cosmos filled with worlds that can be known and explored. Making planets into places is central to the daily practices and professional identities of the astronomers, geologists, and computer scientists Messeri studies. She takes readers to the Mars Desert Research Station and a NASA research center to discuss ways scientists...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822362031

ISBN13:9780822362036

Release Date:September 2016

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:248 Pages

Weight:0.76 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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