The Universe No Desert, the Earth No Monopoly
Author: William Williams
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Published: 1855
Total Pages: 396
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Author: William Williams
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Published: 1855
Total Pages: 396
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Published: 1886
Total Pages: 432
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Thomas Moynihan
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2020-10-20
Total Pages: 481
ISBN-13: 1913029824
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow humanity came to contemplate its possible extinction. From forecasts of disastrous climate change to prophecies of evil AI superintelligences and the impending perils of genome editing, our species is increasingly concerned with the prospects of its own extinction. With humanity's future on this planet seeming more insecure by the day, in the twenty-first century, existential risk has become the object of a growing field of serious scientific inquiry. But, as Thomas Moynihan shows in X-Risk, this preoccupation is not exclusive to the post-atomic age of global warming and synthetic biology. Our growing concern with human extinction itself has a history. Tracing this untold story, Moynihan revisits the pioneers who first contemplated the possibility of human extinction and stages the historical drama of this momentous discovery. He shows how, far from being a secular reprise of religious prophecies of apocalypse, existential risk is a thoroughly modern idea, made possible by the burgeoning sciences and philosophical tumult of the Enlightenment era. In recollecting how we first came to care for our extinction, Moynihan reveals how today's attempts to measure and mitigate existential threats are the continuation of a project initiated over two centuries ago, which concerns the very vocation of the human as a rational, responsible, and future-oriented being.
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Published: 1855
Total Pages: 592
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Published: 1855
Total Pages: 596
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Woodruff T. Sullivan, III
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007-09-13
Total Pages: 1240
ISBN-13: 1316264912
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAstrobiology involves the study of the origin and history of life on Earth, planets and moons where life may have arisen, and the search for extraterrestrial life. It combines the sciences of biology, chemistry, palaeontology, geology, planetary physics and astronomy. This textbook brings together world experts in each of these disciplines to provide the most comprehensive coverage of the field currently available. Topics cover the origin and evolution of life on Earth, the geological, physical and chemical conditions in which life might arise and the detection of extraterrestrial life on other planets and moons. The book also covers the history of our ideas on extraterrestrial life and the origin of life, as well as the ethical, philosophical and educational issues raised by astrobiology. Written to be accessible to students from diverse backgrounds, this text will be welcomed by advanced undergraduates and graduates who are taking astrobiology courses.
Author: Boston Public Library
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Published: 1878
Total Pages: 456
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael J. Crowe
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-05-04
Total Pages: 724
ISBN-13: 0486145018
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDetailed, scholarly study examines the ideas that developed between 1750 and 1900 regarding the existence of intelligent extraterrestrial life, including those of Kant, Herschel, Voltaire, Lowell, many others. 16 illustrations.