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To boldly go: New U of C collection looks at the beauty, mystery and controversy in our obsession with the cosmos

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74% Informative

Mythologies of Outer Space is a new book by the Calgary Institute for the Humanities .

The essays straddle science, sociology, history and various areas of the humanities.

Sci-fi expert Chris Pak writes about terraforming in fiction, the practice of altering a planet to make it habitable for humans.

Mi’kmaw astronomer and physicist Hilding Neilson ’s essay covers Indigenous stories and mythology.

Some chapters look at how our fascination with the cosmos is explored through visual art and poetry.

The book includes poetry by Calgary ’s Kyle Flemmer , who penned a series based on the life cycle of stars.

The Calgary Institute for the Humanities has been at U of C for 48 years , making it the oldest humanities institute in Canada .

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80

Informative language

80

Neutral language

57

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

55

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

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long-living

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