Emigrating Beyond Earth (Record no. 101004)
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| control field | 978-1-4614-1165-9 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | DE-He213 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20140220083241.0 |
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| fixed length control field | 120608s2012 xxu| s |||| 0|eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781461411659 |
| -- | 978-1-4614-1165-9 |
| 024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 10.1007/978-1-4614-1165-9 |
| Source of number or code | doi |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QB495-500.269 |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | TTDS |
| Source | bicssc |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | SCI005000 |
| Source | bisacsh |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 520 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 500.5 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Smith, Cameron M. |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Emigrating Beyond Earth |
| Medium | [electronic resource] : |
| Remainder of title | Human Adaptation and Space Colonization / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | by Cameron M Smith, Evan T. Davies. |
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| -- | New York, NY : |
| -- | Springer New York : |
| -- | Imprint: Springer, |
| -- | 2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | XXIII, 290 p. 45 illus. |
| Other physical details | online resource. |
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| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Springer Praxis Books |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | 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 endeavor, but a natural continuation of human evolution; a journey not just for the engineer and rocket scientist, but for everyman. Based on the most current understanding of our universe, human adaptation and evolution, the authors explain why space colonization must be planned as an adaptation to, rather than the conquest of, space. Emigrating Beyond Earth argues that space colonization is an insurance policy for our species, and that it isn't about rockets and robots, it's about humans doing what we've been doing for four million years: finding new places and new ways to live. Applying a unique anthropological approach, the authors outline a framework for continued human space exploration and offer a glimpse of a possible human future involving interstellar travel and settlement of worlds beyond our own. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Physics. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Astrophysics. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Astronomy. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Human Geography. |
| 650 14 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Physics. |
| 650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences. |
| 650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Popular Science in Astronomy. |
| 650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Human Geography. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Davies, Evan T. |
| Relator term | author. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | SpringerLink (Online service) |
| 773 0# - HOST ITEM ENTRY | |
| Title | Springer eBooks |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Display text | Printed edition: |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781461411642 |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Springer Praxis Books |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1165-9 |
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