Emigrating beyond earth : human adaptation and space colonization
For four million years humankind has been actively expanding geographically and in doing so has adapted to a wide variety of hostile environments. Now we are looking towards the ultimate adaptation - the colonization of space. Emigrating Beyond Earth illustrates that this is not a technocratic endea...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Sprache: | Anglais |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York
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Cham : Springer Nature |
| Ausgabe: | 1st ed. 2012. |
| Schriftenreihe: | Popular Science
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • Emigrating Beyond Earth, Texte imprimé, 9781461411642 • Emigrating Beyond Earth, Texte imprimé, 9781461411666 |
Inhaltsangabe:
- List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements and Dedications About the Authors Preface Part I: The Context and Uniqueness of Human Evolution and Adaptation Chapter 1: The Extraterrestrial Adaptation: Humanity, Evolution and Migration Into Space Chapter 2: Stardust: The Origins of Life, Evolution and Adaptation Chapter 3: The Adaptive Equipment of the Genus Homo: Symbolism and Niche Construction Part II: Arguments For and Against Human Space Colonization Chapter 4: A Choice of Catastrophes - Common Arguments for Space Colonization Chapter 5: False Choices - Common Objections to Human Space Colonization Part III: Human Adaptation to Space - Lessons from the Past and Shaping the Future Chapter 6: Starpaths - Adaptation to Oceania Chapter 7: Building an Adaptive Framework for Human Future in Space Bibliography Index