num_pages: 224
description: Lincos is an artificial language based upon the physical, mathematical, biological, and intellectual common ground we share with other hypothetical intelligent species of the universe, for use in interstellar radio transmissions. Lincos is an attempt to create a symbolic communication system that is not anthropocentric, the nature of which would be accessible to intelligent extraterrestrial beings and societies.
title: Lincos: Design of a Language for Cosmic Intercourse
publisher: North Holland publishing Company