Space exploration is human exploration.
When humans go into space, they bring art, music, spirituality, culture, creativity, memory, and meaning with them.
Based on years of fieldwork with astronauts, engineers, flight surgeons, astronomers, and the larger 'space community,' The Ultraview Effect looks at awe, humility, and what happens when human beings turn outward into the vastness of space.
Based on years of fieldwork with astronauts, engineers, flight surgeons, astronomers, and the larger 'space community,' The Ultraview Effect looks at awe, humility, and what happens when human beings turn outward into the vastness of space.
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“The history is fascinating and the awe is contagious.”
-Kirkus Reviews
-Kirkus Reviews
Space as a human experience
At its best, space exploration is not a story of conquest or escape, but an opportunity to ask what kinds of human values we carry with us when we cross new thresholds.
When human beings go into space, they do not leave culture behind. They bring art, music, religion, spirituality, memory, politics, grief, humor, fear, wonder, and creativity with them.
The Ultraview Effect explores astronauts' experiences of looking outward into space, beyond Earth and into the vastness of the universe. Written by anthropologist Deana L. Weibel, the book asks what those encounters with distance, darkness, beauty, and scale reveal about awe, humility, and human meaning.
It also asks how human experiences in space echo pilgrimage on Earth and the wisdom of the world's religions.
Space exploration is not only a technical frontier. It is a place where human meanings and values are already expanding.
At its best, space exploration is not a story of conquest or escape, but an opportunity to ask what kinds of human values we carry with us when we cross new thresholds.
When human beings go into space, they do not leave culture behind. They bring art, music, religion, spirituality, memory, politics, grief, humor, fear, wonder, and creativity with them.
The Ultraview Effect explores astronauts' experiences of looking outward into space, beyond Earth and into the vastness of the universe. Written by anthropologist Deana L. Weibel, the book asks what those encounters with distance, darkness, beauty, and scale reveal about awe, humility, and human meaning.
It also asks how human experiences in space echo pilgrimage on Earth and the wisdom of the world's religions.
Space exploration is not only a technical frontier. It is a place where human meanings and values are already expanding.
“A window into the dizzying vastness of the cosmos, while revealing the value of curiosity and awe in our everyday lives here on Earth.”
-Erika Nesvold, author of Off-Earth
-Erika Nesvold, author of Off-Earth