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Space, Time, and Aliens

Collected Works on Cosmos and Culture
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799 Seiten
Englisch
Springererschienen am12.05.20201st ed. 2020
In this comprehensive and interdisciplinary volume, former NASA Chief Historian Steven Dick reflects on the exploration of space, astrobiology and its implications, cosmic evolution, astronomical institutions, discovering and classifying the cosmos, and the philosophy of astronomy.mehr
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KlappentextIn this comprehensive and interdisciplinary volume, former NASA Chief Historian Steven Dick reflects on the exploration of space, astrobiology and its implications, cosmic evolution, astronomical institutions, discovering and classifying the cosmos, and the philosophy of astronomy.
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ISBN/GTIN978-3-030-41613-3
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2020
Erscheinungsdatum12.05.2020
Auflage1st ed. 2020
Seiten799 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht1376 g
IllustrationenXXII, 799 p. 127 illus., 71 illus. in color.
Artikel-Nr.47893028

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
EpigraphDedicationPreface: Cosmos and CulturePart I. The Biological UniverseIntroduction1. Plurality of Worlds: A Persistent Theme in Western Civilization2. The Twentieth Century History of the Extraterrestrial Life Debate:  Major Themes3. From the Physical World to the Biological Universe: Historical Developments Underlying the Search for    Extraterrestrial  Intelligence (SETI)4. The Biophysical Cosmology: The Place of Bioastronomy in the History of Science5. The Biological Universe Revisited6. Back to the Future: SETI Before the Space Age7. The Drake Equation in ContextPart II.  Cosmic Evolution and Implications of Alien LifeIntroduction8. Cosmic Evolution: History, Culture, and Human Destiny9. Consequences of Success in SETI: Lessons from the History of Science10. Cultural Aspects of Astrobiology: A Preliminary Reconnaissance at the Turn of the Millennium11. The Role of Anthropology in SETI:  An Historical View12. Bringing Culture to Cosmos: Cultural Evolution, the Postbiological Universe, and SETI13. Toward a Constructive Naturalistic Cosmotheology14. Astroethics and Cosmocentrism15. Should We Message ET and Is an Asilomar Consultation Process Possible16. Astrobiology and Society: An Overview at the Beginning of the 21st CenturyPart III.  The Exploration of SpaceIntroduction17. Exploring the Unknown: 50 Years of NASA History18. Exploration, Discovery and Culture: NASA s Role in History19. Space, Time and Aliens: The Role of Imagination in Outer Space20. The Impact of the Hubble Space Telescope21. The Decision to Cancel the Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission (SM4) and its Reversal22. Reflections on French-American Relations in Space, 1957-1975Part IV.  Measuring the Universe: Goals, Institutions, TechniquesIntroduction23. Measuring the Universe: A Brief History of Astrometry24. Pulkovo Observatory and the National Observatory Movement25. John Quincy Adams, the Smithsonian Bequest, and the Origins of the U. S. Naval Observatory26. The First Time Balls, the First North American Time Ball27. The U. S. Naval Astronomical Expedition of James Melville Gilliss in the Southern Hemisphere, 1849-185228. Measuring the Astronomical Unit: The American Transit of Venus Expeditions of 1874 and 188229. Geodesy, Time, and the Markowitz Moon Camera: An Interwoven International Geophysical Year      StoryPart V. Discovering, Classifying, and Understanding the CosmosIntroduction 30. Pluto, Discovery, and Classification in Astronomy31. Astronomy s Three Kingdoms: A Comprehensive Classification System for Astronomy32. The Discovery of Polar Motion and its Importance 33. Observation and Interpretation of the Leonid Meteors over the Last Millennium 34. The Discovery and Exploration of the Moons of Mars 35. The Universe and Alfred Russel Wallace 36. Discovering a New Realm of the Universe: Hubble, Galaxies, and Classification Part VI   The Philosophy of Astronomy, Cosmology, and Astrobiology Introduction      37. The Philosophy of Astronomy, Cosmology, and Astrobiology: A Preliminary Reconnaissance 38. Critical Issues in the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Astrobiology 39. Lessons Learned from the Twentieth-Century Extraterrestrial Life Debate 40. Cosmology and Biology, an Entangled Web? Part VII  Envoi: Reflections on Humanity and the Cosmos 41. Interstellar Humanity 42. The Consolations of Astronomy and the Cosmic Perspective Appendix 1 Testimony Before the United States Congress Appendix 2  Sources and Permissionsmehr

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Autor

Steven J. Dick served as the NASA Chief Historian and Director of the NASA History Office from 2003 to 2009. He was the 2014 Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology at the Library of Congress's John W. Kluge Center. In 2013 he testified before the United States Congress on the subject of astrobiology. From 2011 to 2012 he held the Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History at the National Air and Space Museum. For 25 years he worked as an astronomer and historian of science at the U. S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. He is the author or editor of 23 books, including Discovery and Classification in Astronomy: Controversy and Consensus (Cambridge, 2013), The Impact of Discovering Life Beyond Earth (Cambridge, 2015), Astrobiology, Discovery, and Societal Impact (Cambridge, 2018, winner of the PROSE Award from the Association of American Publishers), and Classifying the Cosmos: How We Can Make Sense of the Celestial Landscape (Springer, 2019). In 2006, Dick received the LeRoy E. Doggett Prize from the American Astronomical Society for a career that has significantly influenced the field of the history of astronomy. In 2009, minor planet 6544 Stevendick was named in his honor.