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The Traveler´s Guide to Space: For One-Way Settlers and Round-Trip Tourists
Neil F. Comins
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Description for The Traveler´s Guide to Space: For One-Way Settlers and Round-Trip Tourists
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 77 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
If you have ever wondered about space travel, now you have the opportunity to understand it more fully than ever before. Traveling into space and even emigrating to nearby worlds may soon become part of the human experience. Scientists, engineers, and investors are working hard to make space tourism and colonization a reality. As astronauts can attest, extraterrestrial travel is incomparably thrilling. To make the most of the experience requires serious physical and mental adaptations in virtually every aspect of life, from eating to intimacy. Everyone who goes into space sees Earth and life on it from a profoundly different ... Read more
If you have ever wondered about space travel, now you have the opportunity to understand it more fully than ever before. Traveling into space and even emigrating to nearby worlds may soon become part of the human experience. Scientists, engineers, and investors are working hard to make space tourism and colonization a reality. As astronauts can attest, extraterrestrial travel is incomparably thrilling. To make the most of the experience requires serious physical and mental adaptations in virtually every aspect of life, from eating to intimacy. Everyone who goes into space sees Earth and life on it from a profoundly different ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
453g
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231177542
SKU
V9780231177542
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Neil F. Comins
Neil F. Comins is professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Maine. His books include Discovering the Universe, tenth edition (2014), What If the Earth Had Two Moons? (2010), Heavenly Errors: Misconceptions About the Real Nature of the Universe (Columbia, 2003), and What If the Moon Didn't Exist? (1993).
Reviews for The Traveler´s Guide to Space: For One-Way Settlers and Round-Trip Tourists
There is no other book for the popular reader that addresses the many serious challenges involved in deep space travel. Understanding these issues is essential for anyone with an interest in space exploration. The Traveler's Guide to Space does an excellent job at looking at the whole picture, from space tourists to one-way colonization; from physical to psychological challenges.
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