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Bignami, Giovanni F |
A Scenario for Interstellar Exploration and Its Financing |
I08512 |
2013 |
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Bignami, Giovanni F |
Imminent Science |
I07145 |
2014 |
eBook |
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Bignami, Giovanni F |
We are the Martians |
I07000 |
2012 |
eBook |
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Bignami, Giovanni F |
The Mystery of the Seven Spheres |
I06254 |
2015 |
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| Title | A Scenario for Interstellar Exploration and Its Financing |
| Author(s) | Bignami, Giovanni F;Sommariva, Andrea |
| Publication | Milano, Springer Milan, 2013. |
| Description | VIII, 101 p. 32 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book develops a credible scenario for interstellar exploration and colonization. In so doing, it examines: ??? the present situation and prospects for interstellar exploration technologies; ??? where to go: the search for habitable planets; ??? the motivations for space travel and colonization; ??? the financial mechanisms required to fund such enterprises. The final section of the book analyzes the uncertainties surrounding the presented scenario. The purpose of building a scenario is not only to pinpoint future events but also to highlight the uncertainties that may propel the future in different directions. Interstellar travel and colonization requires a civilization in which human beings see themselves as inhabitants of a single planet and in which global governance of these processes is conducted on a cooperative basis. The key question is, then, whether our present civilization is ready for such an endeavor, reflecting the fact that the critical uncertainties are political and cultural in nature. It is written in such a way as to allow the non-professional reader to become part of the debate on the future of space programs |
| ISBN,Price | 9788847053373 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTRONAUTICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. ECONOMIC POLICY
7. INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT
8. Innovation/Technology Management
9. MANAGEMENT
10. R & D/Technology Policy
11. SPACE SCIENCES
12. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | Imminent Science : What Remains to be Discovered |
| Author(s) | Bignami, Giovanni F |
| Publication | Milano, Springer Milan, 2014. |
| Description | V, 102 p. 2 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This is not a piece of science fiction. It???s a voyage along the arrow of time to encounter the discoveries of the coming fifty years. The legendary palindromic character, Mr. Qfwfq, from Italo Calvino???s The Cosmicomics??will go with us: he who knows all the answers, but will give out no hints. He goads imagination onwards and corrects customs by laughing. He will help us discover the innovations that will have changed our lives (and those of our descendants) in 2062, when, riding astride Halley???s comet, our omniscient extraterrestrial will be back to visit us. What is left for us to understand and to explore is 96% of the Universe. There is still a long way to travel, but step by step we shall go deeper and deeper into the study of our Earth in order to exploit, for instance, the immense thermal energy that lies beneath our feet. We shall solve another??enigma??in today???s science, as big as the Big Bang ??? the origin of life ??? also by creating it??ex nihilo.??We shall learn how to build??a??direct contact between our brain (which is made like a three-flavored ice-cream cone) and the rest of the world: had Cicero and Mozart lived tomorrow, they would have been happy with the invention of a USB key??to be??implanted behind their ears, for an immediate transcript of speeches and music. By means of genetics we shall obtain the talents of lizards, which regenerate their lost tails, or of Methuselah flies, which live four times longer than other flies. And shortly before Halley???s 2062 passage, the baby will be born who will see it three times, by living for over 150 years. But the future is made mainly by the appropriate tools, beginning with maths. Solving the problem of prime numbers would send all cash machines off their rocker, thus emptying our bank accounts overnight. The solution to the equation of fluids will teach us how to carry an iceberg from Greenland to Sicily, thus supplying fresh water at a low cost. Meatculture ??? growing steaks ready for the barbecue and produced without killing animals ??? will supply us with all the proteins we need. By studying complex systems, moreover, we shall influence the climate and stabilize the economy, and??in the process??we shall save our planet. Perhaps when Mr. Qfwfq is back on Earth, the perfect truth machine will have uprooted lies from the world. By downloading the contents of our brains onto silicon chips we shall also grant ourselves immortality |
| ISBN,Price | 9788847053526 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. Popular Science in Astronomy
7. SPACE SCIENCES
8. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | We are the Martians : Connecting Cosmology with Biology |
| Author(s) | Bignami, Giovanni F |
| Publication | Milano, Springer Milan, 2012. |
| Description | XXIII, 128 p. 22 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | What frightens you more? Believing you are alone in the universe or rather thinking that there???s someone else out there? ?? Human beings have been asking themselves this question for many thousands of years while looking at the starry sky. Over the past few decades, however, we have moved from imagination to action, exploring the cosmos using new techniques, often with surprising results. Did you know, for instance, that every year many rocks from Mars fall on the Earth? Or that one of our amino acids has been found in the coma of a comet? Or that we now know of thousands of extrasolar planets, some of them similar to our own? ?? There are further exciting and important discoveries around the corner that will cast more light on the great enigma of how life started on Earth. In this intriguing book, one of?? the world???s leading researchers in astrophysics and space science examines fundamental questions concerning life on Earth and the rest of the cosmos in an accessible and stimulating way |
| ISBN,Price | 9788847024663 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROBIOLOGY
2. ASTRONOMY
3. COSMOLOGY
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. Popular Science in Astronomy
7. SPACE SCIENCES
8. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | The Mystery of the Seven Spheres : How Homo sapiens will Conquer Space |
| Author(s) | Bignami, Giovanni F |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2015. |
| Description | V, 118 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In this book, Giovanni Bignami, the outstanding Italian scientist and astronomer, takes the reader on a journey through the ???seven spheres???, from our own planet to neighboring stars. The author offers a gripping account of the evolution of Homo Sapiens to the stage where our species is developing capabilities, in the form of new energy propulsion systems, that will enable us to conquer space. The reader will learn how we first expanded our activities to reach beyond our planet, to the Moon, and how nuclear energy, nuclear fusion, and matter???antimatter annihilation will enable us to extend our exploration. After Mars and Jupiter we shall finally reach the nearest stars, which we now know are surrounded by numerous planets, some of which are bound to be habitable. The book includes enticing descriptions of such newly discovered planets and also brings alive key historical characters in our story, such as Jules Verne and Werner von Braun |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319170046 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROBIOLOGY
2. ASTRONOMY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Evolutionary Biology
6. HISTORY
7. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
8. Popular Science in Astronomy
9. SPACE SCIENCES
10. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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