His Master's Voice
$40.43
- Paperback
280 pages
- Release Date
17 February 2020
Summary
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 cla…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262538459 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262538458 |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
| Author: | Stanislaw Lem, Seth Shostak, Michael Kandel |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 17 February 2020 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 137mm x 18mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Such deadly wit, such deadly playful tightrope walking…a modern European version of Swift or Voltaire.”—Peter S. Beagle, New York Times
—The release of these new volumes seems to expand the possibilities of what a university publisher can do.
—LitHubThis thorough, intellectual take on a classic hard sci-fi trope is Lem at his best.
—STARRED REVIEW, Publishers WeeklyFourteen years after his death, the universe is still struggling to catch up with the vast creative force that was Stanislaw Lem. And for my money, it won’t be surpassing him anytime soon…Enjoying the genius of Lem requires readerly dexterity and a willingness to go wherever the author takes you…These marvelous, absorbing and often hilarious books make our weary universe seem pale and undistinguished by comparison.
—The Washington PostAbout The Author
Stanislaw Lem
Stanisław 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.
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