Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier - Rilegato

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

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ISBN 10: 0393082105 ISBN 13: 9780393082104

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2012

Riassunto

Neil deGrasse Tyson is a rare breed of astrophysicist, one who can speak as easily and brilliantly with popular audiences as with professional scientists. Now that NASA has put human space flight effectively on hold—with a five- or possibly ten-year delay until the next launch of astronauts from U.S. soil—Tyson’s views on the future of space travel and America’s role in that future are especially timely and urgent. This book represents the best of Tyson’s commentary, including a candid new introductory essay on NASA and partisan politics, giving us an eye-opening manifesto on the importance of space exploration for America’s economy, security, and morale. Thanks to Tyson’s fresh voice and trademark humor, his insights are as delightful as they are provocative, on topics that range from the missteps that shaped our recent history of space travel to how aliens, if they existed, might go about finding us.

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Recensione:

"An enthusiastic, persuasive case to start probing outer space again." ----Kirkus Review

"...written in an engaging style..." ----The Observatory

L'autore:

Award winning author Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist with the American Museum of Natural History, the director of the world-famous Hayden Planetarium, a monthly columnist for Natural History and the host of the PBS series "NOVA Science NOW". Also available: Death by Black Hole (ISBN 978 0 393 33016 8), Origins (ISBN 978 0 393 32758 8)and The Pluto Files (ISBN 978 0 393 33732 7). Author website and Twitter account: www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson

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• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0393082105
• ISBN 13: 9780393082104
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 240