This was a familiar concept to a television viewer.
But aren't we trying to make contact with a being to which all our familiar concepts and standards of meaning are completely alien?
To fans of science fiction, quantum physics is a familiar concept.
The familiar concept of Classical style developed later, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
It involves thinking about differences in 'level' which is a familiar though complex concept.
The book is written specifically to offer a second look at familiar concepts in a contemporary light.
The mind translated them into familiar concepts for lack of referents.
They are very familiar concepts in the field of people with learning difficulties.
With his father being a professional football player, failure would not be a concept familiar to him.
But when it comes to time and space, the fluctuations speak to the very limits of these familiar concepts.