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Starstruck
Albert A. Harrison
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Description for Starstruck
Hardback. Exploring an ambiguous region between recognized findings and unfettered imagination, this book explores the multifaceted, far-reaching, and often contentious attempts of people with contrasting worldviews to develop convincing and satisfying interpretations of rapidly accumulating discoveries in physics, astronomy, and biology. Num Pages: 244 pages, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: HRA; JFHF; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
We live in an era of exploding scientific knowledge about the universe, and our place and future within it. Much of this new knowledge conflicts with earlier wisdom, and some has frightening implications. Cosmic evolution, space exploration, the search for extraterrestrial life, and concerns about humanity’s future prompt us to seek new answers to old existential questions. Where did we come from? Why are we here? Are we alone? What will become of us? In our search for answers, we turn to science, religion, myth, and varying combinations thereof. Exploring an ambiguous region between recognized findings and unfettered imagination, ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845452865
SKU
V9781845452865
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About Albert A. Harrison
Albert A. Harrison (1940-2015) was Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of California, Davis. He co-authored Living Aloft, Human Requirements for Extended Spaceflight (1985), From Antarctica to Outer Space: Life in Isolation and Confinement (1991) and author of After Contact: the Human Response to Extraterrestrial Life (1997) and Spacefaring: The Human Dimension (2001). He was a member of the ... Read more
Reviews for Starstruck
“Harrison delves into the real, potential, and imagined dangers and fears surrounding humanity’s probing of deep space. In this regard, his short section on astrobiology and Chapter 8, “Matters of Life and Death,” are excellent…Starstruck is an interesting, provocative, and somewhat strange book. It is authoritative and well referenced in the text with an extensive section of references at the ... Read more