Janet Vertesi Seeing Like a Rover (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Seeing Like a RoverCondition: NewSubtitle: How Robots, Teams, and Images Craft Knowledge of MarsAuthor: Janet VertesiFormat: HardbackEAN: 9780226155968ISBN: 9780226155968Publisher: University of Chicago PressGenre: Science Nature & MathTopic: Technology & Engineering, Society & Culture, Social SciencesRelease Date: 04/22/2015Description: In the years since the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Rover first began transmitting images from the surface of Mars, we have become familiar with the harsh, rocky, rusty-red Martian landscape. But those images are much less straightforward than they may seem to a layperson: each one is the result of a complicated set of decisions and processes involving the large team behind the Rovers. With Seeing Like a Rover, Janet Vertesi takes us behind the scenes to reveal the work that goes into creating our knowledge of Mars. Every photograph that the Rovers take, she shows, must be processed, manipulated, and interpreted - and all that comes after team members negotiate with each other about what they should even be taking photographs of in the first place. Vertesi's account of the inspiringly successful Rover project reveals science in action, a world where digital processing uncovers scientific truths, where images are used to craft consensus, and where team members develop an uncanny intimacy with the sensory apparatus of a robot that is millions of miles away.Ultimately, Vertesi shows, every image taken by the Mars Rovers is not merely a picture of Mars - it's a portrait of the whole Rover team, as well.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 24mmItem Length: 16mmItem Width: 3mmItem Weight: 879gRelease Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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