Links & Resources
Cosmology & The Golden Record
- SETI Institute
- [http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=1241]
- The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute is a non-profit organization in Mountain View, CA that conducts scientific research on the origins of life in the universe.
- Foundations of Big Bang Cosmology
- [http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/bb_concepts.html]
- NASA provides an introduction to the scientific theories and principles behind the Big Bang theory.
- Big Bang Frequently Asked Questions
- [http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/site/faq.html]
- Some common questions about the Big Bang theory are answered by NASA.
- The Golden Record
- [http://goldenrecord.org/]
- The official site for the Voyager mission's "Golden Record," a phonograph record attached to both Voyager spacecraft containing sights and sounds from planet Earth. This site allows you to listen to the sounds from the record and view a slideshow of the images.
- Sights and Sounds of The Golden Record
- [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voyager/goldenrecord-20070816.html]
- Part of NASA's website for the Voyager mission, with downloadable audio files from the Golden Record.
Mary Doria Russell
- Mary Doria Russell's Official Web Site
- [http://marydoriarussell.info/]
- Russell's Web site includes links to interviews, photos, and book reviews. Look for her 1998 National Jesuit News interview where she discusses the Jesuit ideas and themes in The Sparrow and Children of God.
