Emigrating beyond earth: human adaptation and space colonization

✍ Scribed by Davies, Evan T.;Smith, Cameron McPherson

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Leaves: 304
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Table of Contents

List of Figures.- List of Tables.- Acknowledgements and Dedications.- About the Authors.- Preface.- Part I: The Context and Uniqueness of Human Evolution and Adaptation.- Chapter 1: The Extraterrestrial Adaptation: Humanity, Evolution and Migration Into Space.- Chapter 2: Stardust: The Origins of Life, Evolution and Adaptation.- Chapter 3: The Adaptive Equipment of the Genus Homo: Symbolism and Niche Construction.- Part II: Arguments For and Against Human Space Colonization.- Chapter 4: A Choice of Catastrophes - Common Arguments for Space Colonization.- Chapter 5: False Choices - Common Objections to Human Space Colonization.- Part III: Human Adaptation to Space - Lessons from the Past and Shaping the Future.- Chapter 6: Starpaths - Adaptation to Oceania.- Chapter 7: Building an Adaptive Framework for Human Future in Space.- Bibliography.- Index.

✦ Subjects

Astrophysik;Evolution;Geographie;Kolonialismus

📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES

Emigrating Beyond Earth: Human Adaptatio

📁 Emigrating Beyond Earth: Human Adaptation and Space Colonization

✍ Cameron M Smith, Evan T. Davies (auth.) 📂 Library 📅 2012 🏛 Springer-Verlag New York 🌐 English

Emigrating Beyond Earth puts space colonization into the context of human evolution. Rather than focusing on the technologies and strategies needed to colonize space, the authors examine the human and societal reasons for space colonization. They make space colonization seems like a natural step

Emigrating Beyond Earth: Human Adaptatio

📁 Emigrating Beyond Earth: Human Adaptation and Space Colonization

✍ Cameron Smith, Evan T. Davies 📂 Library 📅 2012 🏛 Springer 🌐 English

Emigrating Beyond Earth puts space colonization into the context of human evolution. Rather than focusing on the technologies and strategies needed to colonize space, the authors examine the human dimensions of space colonization, from genetics to cultural change. In this approach, space colo

Mankind beyond Earth: the history, scien

📁 Mankind beyond Earth: the history, science, and future of human space exploration

✍ Piantadosi, Claude A 📂 Library 📅 2013;2012 🏛 Columbia University Press 🌐 English

Short introduction to the science of space exploration -- Part one: Hindsight and foresight (1. Men and machines ; 2. A space lexicon ; 3. The explorers ; 4. Twentieth-century space ; 5. Back to the Moon) -- Part two: A home away from home (6. Living off the land ; 7. Round and round it goes ... whe

Mankind beyond Earth: the history, scien

📁 Mankind beyond Earth: the history, science, and future of human space exploration

✍ Piantadosi, Claude A 📂 Library 📅 2013 🏛 Columbia University Press 🌐 English

Mankind Beyond Earth: The History, Scien

📁 Mankind Beyond Earth: The History, Science, and Future of Human Space Exploration

✍ Claude Piantadosi 📂 Library 📅 2013 🏛 Columbia University Press 🌐 English

Seeking to reenergize Americans' passion for the space program, the value of further lunar exploration, and the importance of human beings on the final frontier, Claude A. Piantadosi presents a rich history of American space exploration and its major achievements. He emphasizes the importance of

Mankind Beyond Earth: The History, Scien

📁 Mankind Beyond Earth: The History, Science, and Future of Human Space Exploration

✍ Claude A. Piantadosi 📂 Library 📅 2013 🏛 Columbia University Press 🌐 English

Seeking to reenergize Americans' passion for the space program, the value of further exploration of the Moon, and the importance of human beings on the final frontier, Claude A. Piantadosi presents a rich history of American space exploration and its major achievements. He emphasizes the importan