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The Surface of Each Day: Questions For Cosmonauts.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Artists and Activists ; 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Artists.
- Biopolitics.
- Cosmology.
- Genre:
- Tracts (Ephemera)
- Pamphlets.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified], Printed Matter, 2008.
- Summary:
- "Following touchdown and a brief period of anticipatory quarantine, the surface of the day was investigated for the presence of organic traces of animate matter. Preliminary reports from the first batch of samples continue to demonstrate the usual anomalies. The important question: 'What Constitutes a Sign of Life?" remains in suspended animation. Metabolism, Growth, Sentience and Reproduction may all be expressing themselves in ambiguous ways, and it is possible that the test criteria being applied in order to identify them are insufficient to this task. How do we know what metabolism or sentience or reproduction look like in hitherto unknown, or unimagined life forms? How can we know?..."-- provided by distributor.
- Notes:
- Archived and cataloged by Library Stack
- CC BY.
- Description from resource landing page (Library Stack, viewed on 09/29/2025).
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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