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This short book grapples with two vast questions: the nature of our
minds, and our place in the wider universe. It considers how one
mutually influences the development of the other. The changes and
challenges that will accompany the first humans to leave Earth and
travel to another planet, or even further, will not only impact our
technical capabilities, but will also represent a watershed moment
within our individual and collective human psychology. Many of the
problems of resource use, environmental degradation, and waste or
destructive processes are contained in the larger process of
exploring another environment and planet. But This book also offers
a shift in perspective that allows us to consider humanity from an
alternative, more holistic perspective, reappraising our own minds
both individually and within dynamic social processes. The
Psychology of Space Exploration considers our place and purpose in
the widest possible perspective, that of space exploration and the
natural universe. It doesn't seek to answer these questions, but
provides a perspective to explore even further.
In Magnitude, Kimberly Arcand and Megan Watzke take us on an
expansive journey to the limits of size, mass, distance, time, and
temperature in our universe, from the tiniest particle within the
structure of an atom to the most massive galaxy in the universe;
from the speed at which grass grows (about 2 to 6 inches a month)
to the speed of light. Fully-illustrated with four-color drawings
and infographics throughout and organized into sections including
Size and Amount (Distance, Area, Volume, Mass, Time, Temperature),
Motion and Rate (Speed, Acceleration, Density, Rotation), and
Phenomena and Processes (Energy, Pressure, Sound, Wind,
Computation), Magnitude shows us the scale of our world in a clear,
visual way that our relatively medium-sized human brains can easily
understand.
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Military Space Ethics
(Paperback)
Nikki Coleman; Contributions by Stephen Coleman, Christopher D Miller, Patrick Lin, Pauline M. Shanks Kaurin, …
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R1,158
Discovery Miles 11 580
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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This book focuses on the application of space technology as a means
of potentially solving pollution problems. Remote sensing
technology and the tremendous contemporary expansion of
multilateral environmental treaties grew out of separate but
parallel developments in the 1960's and 1970's. As a tool to
improve environmental co-operation, remote sensing has great
promise. Just as remotely sensed images raised awareness of ozone
depletion, images of receding glaciers and polar ice caps may also
have a similar effect on the public's awareness of global warning
and its willingness to accept stricter measures that would limit
greenhouse gas emissions.
This is a work that examines the many mysteries and anomalies
regarding our Moon. It has been said that there is no scientific
consensus of opinion regarding the Moon and its origins. A
scientist also stated, By all known cosmic laws the Moon should not
be there. Over 800 lbs of Moon rock have been retrieved that
instead of explaining the Moon and its mysteries, have only
introduced more, and are still being puzzled over. Reports of white
coloured lights have been observed on the Moon and are often seen
moving. They have been recorded in astronomical journals for years.
Structures and symmetrical objects that look like machines have
been seen and photographed and are logged in NASA files and
photographs. UFO's have been seen trailing and preceding Apollo
craft and have been seen in proximity to the moon by all the Apollo
missions. This book deals with them all and also introduces an
interesting speculative theory regarding the possible origins of
our Moon.
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