first contact

first contact
a) the first meeting between people of two previously unknown cultures
b) the first meeting between humans and extraterrestrials

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  • First Contact? — is a juvenile science fiction novel, the thirteenth in Hugh Walters Chris Godfrey of U.N.E.X.A. series. It was published in the UK by Faber in 1971, in the US by T.Nelson Books in 1973.Plot summaryRadio signals begin flooding Earth from the… …   Wikipedia

  • First Contact — bezeichnet einen Star Trek Film aus dem Jahr 1996, siehe Star Trek: Der erste Kontakt einen Dokumentarfilm aus dem Jahr 1983, siehe First Contact (1983) Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • First contact (science fiction) — First contact is a common science fictional theme about the first meeting between humans and aliens, or, more broadly, of any sentient race s first encounter with another one. The theme allows authors to explore such topics such as xenophobia,… …   Wikipedia

  • First Contact (documentary) — First Contact is an Academy Award nominated documentary by Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson which recounts the discovery of a flourishing native population in the interior highlands of New Guinea in 1930 in what had been thought to be an… …   Wikipedia

  • First contact (anthropology) — For other uses, see First contact (disambiguation). First contact is a term describing the first meeting of two cultures previously unaware of one another. One notable example of first contact is that between the Spanish and the Arawak (and… …   Wikipedia

  • First Contact (novelette) — Infobox short story | name = First Contact author = Murray Leinster genre = Science fiction publisher = Astounding Science Fiction release date = 1945 First Contact is a science fiction novelette by Murray Leinster. It won a retro Hugo Award for… …   Wikipedia

  • First Contact (1983) — Filmdaten Originaltitel First Contact Produktionsland Australien …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • First Contact (short story) — Infobox short story | name = First Contact author = Murray Leinster country = flag|USA language = English series = genre = Science fiction short story published in = publication type = publisher = media type = Print (Magazine) pub date = 1945… …   Wikipedia

  • First Contact (album) — Infobox Album Name = First Contact Type = Artist = Sakis Gouzonis Released = 08/08/08 Recorded = Genre = Electronica/Instrumental Length = Label = Producer = Sakis Gouzonis Reviews = Last album = This album = Next album = First Contact is the… …   Wikipedia

  • First contact (astronomy) — In astronomy, during a transit or eclipse, first contact is the moment when the apparent positions of the two bodies first touch. Historically, measuring the precise time of each point of contact during a transit, was one of the most accurate… …   Wikipedia

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