| Title: | Emigrating beyond Earth : human adaptation and space colonization / |
| Authors: | Cameron McPherson Smith, Author ; Evan Tyler SuliLeman Davies, Author |
| Material Type: | eBook |
| Publisher: | Cham : Springer, Published in association with Praxis Publishing, 2012 |
| Series: | Springer-Praxis books in popular science |
| ISBN / ISSN / EAN : | 978-1-4614-1165-9 |
| Format: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 290 p.) / ill., maps |
| Bibliography note: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Languages: | English |
| Class number: | TL795.7 |
| Subjects: | Human evolution ; Space colonies |
| Description: | The book puts space colonization into the context of human evolution. Rather than focusing on the technologies and strategies needed to colonize space, the authors examine the human and societal reasons for space colonization. They make space colonization seems like a natural step by demonstrating that if will continue the human species' 4 million-year-old legacy of adaptation to difficult new environments. The authors present many examples from the history of human expansion into new environments, including two amazing tales of human colonization |
| Contents note: | Part 1.; The Context and Uniqueness of Human Evolution and Adaptation --; The Extraterrestrial Adaptation: Humanity, Evolution, and Migration into Space --; Stardust: The Origins of Life, Evolution and Adaptation --; The Adaptive Suite of Genus Homo: Cognitive Modernity and Niche Construction --; Part 2.; Arguments For Against Human Space Colonization --; A Choice of Catastrophes: Common Arguments for Space Colonization --; False Choices: Common Objections to Human Space Colonization --; Part 3.; Human Adaptation to Space: Lessons from the Past and Shaping the Future --; Starpaths: Adaptation to Oceania --; Building an Adaptive Framework for Human Space Colonization --; Distant Lands Unknown: Informed Speculation on the Human Future in Space |
| Format : | Online |
| Permalink: | https://isulibrary.isunet.edu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=9398 |
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