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) | ||
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 |
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 |
McCray Patrick (W. Patrick) | ||
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 |
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 |
McCray W. Patrick <1967-> | ||
Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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