Life and Language Beyond Earth

Have you ever wondered whether we are alone in the universe, or if life forms on other planets might exist? If they do exist, how might their languages have evolved? Could we ever understand them, and indeed learn to communicate with them? This highly original, thought-provoking book takes us on a fascinating journey over billions of years, from the formation of galaxies and solar systems, to the appearance of planets in the habitable zones of their parent stars, and then to how biology and, ultimately, human life arose on our own planet. It delves into how our brains and our language developed, in order to explore the likelihood of communication beyond Earth and whether it would evolve along similar lines. In the process, fascinating insights from the fields of astronomy, evolutionary biology, palaeoanthropology, neuroscience and linguistics are uncovered, shedding new light on life as we know it on Earth, and beyond.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Raymond Hickey, Hickey Raymond
• Editore: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2024
• EAN: 9781009226417
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0922641-7
• Dimensioni: 160 mm x 245 mm x 40 mm
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical, NATURE / Sky Observation, Early Man, Language: history & general works, Space Science, Historical & comparative linguistics, Cosmology & the universe, Popular astronomy & space, Cosmology and the universe, Space, planets and extraterrestrial locations, Popular astronomy and space, SCIENCE / Space Science / General, Language: history and general works, SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology, Historical and comparative linguistics, Evolutionary anthropology / Human evolution