Art may imitate life but it rarely does so with realistic fidelity. As Naomi Pequette, Space Science Programs Specialist at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, argues in her essay "The Sounds of Contact" as part of The Science if Sci-Fi Cinema: Essays on the Art and Principles of Ten Films, being "based on a true story" doesn't exactly mean we're getting the whole story. McFarlandFrom The Science of Sci-Fi Cinema: Essays on the Art and Principles of Ten Films © 2021 Edited by Vincent Piturro by permission of McFarland & Company, Inc., Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640.How would you react if you found out we aren’t alone in the universe? Imagine the moment you discover a radio signal from another civilization had traveled billions of miles through interstellar space, had been detected by some of the most powerful radio telescopes in the world, and decoded by scientists. Would it matter if it was first detected by scientists from your home country? Would the content of the signal matter? Would you want the chance to be able to meet the alien civilization that sent the signal? These are all questions that the movie Contact explores.The opening sequence of Contact sets the scientific basis for the rest of the film. As the camera travels away from Earth, the audience hears a cacophony of sounds. These sounds, which are radio and television signals traveling out into space, get older and older as we zoom past planets and asteroids. Eventually there is silence as the audience... Continue reading at 'Engadget'
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A New York-based software company is taking e-reading to a whole new nonlinear level. Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2012-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As temperatures soared across the UK, printed book sales slumped to their lowest level in nine... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A three month long dispute over the sale of digital books between Amazon.com Inc. and a leading independent book distributor has been resolved, both parties said Friday. Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2012-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC Books has acquired a further Doctor Who title, written by Stephen Baxter, featuring the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stephen Colbert's latest release – a picture book aimed at young adults and up – follows a pole as it searches for the perfect job. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In its interim statement for its fiscal half-year ending March 2012, enthusiast publisher Future plc is reporting a quickly growing digital operation. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The U.S. government has sided with monopoly rather than competition in bringing a case of ebook price-fixing against Apple, the company said in a filing on... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three Random House Group titles have been picked for the Richard and Judy Summer Book Club,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Joseph has acquired Six Weeks to OMG, a dieting title which has already been a self-... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alison Hubert, previously of Macmillan Education, has been appointed as the new director of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Welsh rugby captain Sam Warburton has signed a two-book deal with Simon & Schuster. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster's Engage: The Fall and Rise of Matt Hampson by Paul Kimmage has been... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Latitude Festival is launching a monthly book club in London, with the first to be held today... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hilary Mantel returns to the vicious world of Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell's maneuverings.Bring Up the Bodies Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV shows and Hollywood blockbusters aren't America's only cultural exports. The book industry is also expanding overseas, according to a report released Friday by the Association of American Publishers that looks at book exports for the first time. Exports by U.S. publishers, which are dominated... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the new Pop-Hop Books & Print in Highland Park, a pair of print aficionados believes that others, like themselves, cling to the page in the age of ebooks.Like a bad love affair, they kept it a secret from their families as long as they could. Because in 2012, who can admit the thing they... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andrew Miller's Costa-winning Pure (Sceptre) and five Puffin titles have been shortlisted for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Collins & Brown has acquired a series of titles in a partnership with craft magazine Mollie... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster becomes the latest publisher to settle an antitrust claim by a team of states, while Macmillan, Penguin, and Apple fight on. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC Books is adding to the roster of "Great British Bake Off" titles, with a new July... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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