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100	1		_aSmith, Cameron M. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aEmigrating Beyond Earth _h[electronic resource] : _bHuman Adaptation and Space Colonization / _cby Cameron M Smith, Evan T. Davies.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bSpringer New York : _bImprint: Springer, _c2012.
300			_aXXIII, 290 p. 45 illus. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	1		_aSpringer Praxis Books
505	0		_aList 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			_aFor 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	_aPhysics.
650		0	_aAstrophysics.
650		0	_aAstronomy.
650		0	_aHuman Geography.
650	1	4	_aPhysics.
650	2	4	_aExtraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
650	2	4	_aPopular Science in Astronomy.
650	2	4	_aHuman Geography.
700	1		_aDavies, Evan T. _eauthor.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
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776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9781461411642
830		0	_aSpringer Praxis Books
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1165-9
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