Exploring the intersection of cuisine and culture, this book delves into how food shapes social dynamics and cultural identity in Japan. It highlights the profound impact of culinary traditions on Japanese society, revealing the intricate relationship between food and cultural expression. Through this lens, readers gain insight into the ways cuisine influences and reflects the broader aspects of Japanese life.
Have you ever wondered what could happen when we discover another communicating species outside the Earth? This book addresses this question in all its complexity. In addition to the physical barriers for communication, such as the enormous distances where a message can take centuries to reach its recipient, the book also examines the biological problems of communicating between species, the problems of identifying a non-Terrestrial intelligence, and the ethical, religious, legal and other problems of conducting discussions across light years. Most of the book is concerned with issues that could impinge on your life: how do we share experiences with ETI? Can we make shared laws? Could we trade? Would they have religion? The book addresses these and related issues, identifying potential barriers to communication and suggesting ways we can overcome them. The book explores this topic through reference to human experience, through analogy and thought experiment, while relyingon what is known to-date about ourselves, our world, and the cosmos we live in.
Originally published: Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, c2003.