Cockell Space on Earth

Saving Our World By Seeking Others
2007
ISBN: 978-0-230-55262-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 186 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Macmillan Science

Sir Arthur Clarke Award Winner Many environmentalists think going into space detracts from solving problems on Earth. Most space explorers feel environmentalism hampers their exploration of space. Leading astro-biologist Prof. Cockell argues that environmentalism and space exploration have one and the same objective, to ensure humanity has a home.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cockell, C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Earthrise New Worlds Rich Bounty, New Crises New Views on an Old World Green Living A Space-faring Environmental Ethic Earth and Space New Alliances A Habitable World

Über Autor(innen)

CHARLES S. COCKELL is currently Professor and Chair of Microbiology at the Open University. He has written and edited six books including Impossible Extinction (CUP, 2003) about microbes' survival after natural catastrophes. Following his doctorate at the University of Oxford, he worked for NASA and British Antarctic Survey. He has led expeditions to Mongolia and Indonesia, among other places, to study life in extreme environments. He is Chair of the Earth and Space Foundation and in 1990 stood in the UK national elections for the 'Forward to Mars Party' advocating more British involvement in Mars exploration plans, winning 91 votes.