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The visioneers [[electronic resource] ] : how a group of elite scientists pursued space colonies, nanotechnologies, and a limitless future / / W. Patrick McCray
| The visioneers [[electronic resource] ] : how a group of elite scientists pursued space colonies, nanotechnologies, and a limitless future / / W. Patrick McCray |
| Autore | McCray Patrick (W. Patrick) |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366 p.) |
| Disciplina | 509 |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - History
Visionaries |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Soggetto non controllato |
American culture
Eric Drexler Gerard O'Neill K. Eric Drexler Omni magazine asteroids atomic-scale engineering biotechnology countercultural ideals cutting-edge research existential crisis exploration exploratory science future technology human settlement lunar factory microelectronics nanotechnology pseudoscience science solar sails space colonies space colony space settlement space settlements technology visioneering |
| ISBN |
1-299-05117-0
1-4008-4468-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Visioneering Technological Futures -- Chapter 1. Utopia or Oblivion for Spaceship Earth? -- Chapter 2. The Inspiration of Limits -- Chapter 3. Building Castles in the Sky -- Chapter 4. Omnificent -- Chapter 5. Could Small Be Beautiful? -- Chapter 6. California Dreaming -- Chapter 7. Confirmation, Benediction, and Inquisition -- Chapter 8. Visioneering's Value -- A Note on Sources -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462284203321 |
McCray Patrick (W. Patrick)
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| Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The visioneers [[electronic resource] ] : how a group of elite scientists pursued space colonies, nanotechnologies, and a limitless future / / W. Patrick McCray
| The visioneers [[electronic resource] ] : how a group of elite scientists pursued space colonies, nanotechnologies, and a limitless future / / W. Patrick McCray |
| Autore | McCray Patrick (W. Patrick) |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366 p.) |
| Disciplina | 509 |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - History
Visionaries |
| Soggetto non controllato |
American culture
Eric Drexler Gerard O'Neill K. Eric Drexler Omni magazine asteroids atomic-scale engineering biotechnology countercultural ideals cutting-edge research existential crisis exploration exploratory science future technology human settlement lunar factory microelectronics nanotechnology pseudoscience science solar sails space colonies space colony space settlement space settlements technology visioneering |
| ISBN |
1-299-05117-0
1-4008-4468-1 |
| Classificazione | SCI034000SCI050000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Visioneering Technological Futures -- Chapter 1. Utopia or Oblivion for Spaceship Earth? -- Chapter 2. The Inspiration of Limits -- Chapter 3. Building Castles in the Sky -- Chapter 4. Omnificent -- Chapter 5. Could Small Be Beautiful? -- Chapter 6. California Dreaming -- Chapter 7. Confirmation, Benediction, and Inquisition -- Chapter 8. Visioneering's Value -- A Note on Sources -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786499403321 |
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McCray Patrick (W. Patrick)
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| Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The visioneers : how a group of elite scientists pursued space colonies, nanotechnologies, and a limitless future / / W. Patrick McCray
| The visioneers : how a group of elite scientists pursued space colonies, nanotechnologies, and a limitless future / / W. Patrick McCray |
| Autore | McCray W. Patrick <1967-> |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366 p.) |
| Disciplina | 509 |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - History
Visionaries |
| Soggetto non controllato |
American culture
Eric Drexler Gerard O'Neill K. Eric Drexler Omni magazine asteroids atomic-scale engineering biotechnology countercultural ideals cutting-edge research existential crisis exploration exploratory science future technology human settlement lunar factory microelectronics nanotechnology pseudoscience science solar sails space colonies space colony space settlement space settlements technology visioneering |
| ISBN |
1-299-05117-0
1-4008-4468-1 |
| Classificazione | SCI034000SCI050000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Visioneering Technological Futures -- Chapter 1. Utopia or Oblivion for Spaceship Earth? -- Chapter 2. The Inspiration of Limits -- Chapter 3. Building Castles in the Sky -- Chapter 4. Omnificent -- Chapter 5. Could Small Be Beautiful? -- Chapter 6. California Dreaming -- Chapter 7. Confirmation, Benediction, and Inquisition -- Chapter 8. Visioneering's Value -- A Note on Sources -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827691803321 |
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McCray W. Patrick <1967->
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| Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Why geology matters [[electronic resource] ] : decoding the past, anticipating the future / / Doug Macdougall
| Why geology matters [[electronic resource] ] : decoding the past, anticipating the future / / Doug Macdougall |
| Autore | Macdougall J. D. <1944-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.7 |
| Soggetto topico |
Historical geology
Geology |
| Soggetto non controllato |
asteroids
biodiversity climate change conservation earth sciences earth earthquakes environmental impact environmentalism environmentalists geological history geologists geology geoscience geoscientists greenhouse gases historical human impact ice cores natural archives natural history natural phenomena nonfiction ocean temperatures past lessons retrospective rock science science history scientists sustainable agriculture |
| ISBN |
1-283-27799-9
9786613277992 0-520-94892-0 |
| Classificazione | RB 10123 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. Set in Stone -- Chapter Two. Building Our Planet -- Chapter Three. Close Encounters -- Chapter Four. The First Two Billion Years -- Chapter Five. Wandering Plates -- Chapter Six. Shaky Foundations -- Chapter Seven. Mountains, Life, and the Big Chill -- Chapter Eight. Cold Times -- Chapter Nine. The Great Warming -- Chapter Ten. Reading LIPs -- Chapter Eleven. Restless Giants -- Chapter Twelve. Swimming, Crawling, and Flying toward the Present -- Chapter Thirteen. Why Geology Matters -- Bibliography and Further Reading -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791978603321 |
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Macdougall J. D. <1944->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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