Mankind Beyond Earth: The History, Science, and Future of Human Space Exploration by Claude A. Piantadosi
The nutshell: The space shuttle fleet has been retired—but where are we off to next, how do we get there, and why should we want to go to space? Piantadosi explores the science, innovation, politics, and finances of the past and future of human space travel.
Mathematician Dorothy Wrinch, the first woman to receive a doctor of science degree from Oxford, was a friend of Bertrand Russell, a pioneer in the study of proteins, and the …
Almost every American newborn is screened for more than 50 genetic disorders—most of which you haven’t heard of. UCLA sociologist Timmermans and UNC anthropologist Buchbinder spent three years following doctors …
Journalist Tough interviewed psychologists, teachers, parents, students, and education administrators and reformers to find out how kids succeed—in school and beyond. The best predictors, it turned out, were less tangible …
Media reporter Keating offers a triumphant history of Netflix—the startup that helped bankrupt Blockbuster Video and hastened the demise of VHS, only to start slowly phasing out the DVD as …
Author and Arizona native Biggers chronicles the last few years in Arizona politics, when anti-immigration and states’ rights policies have dominated the conversation, and shows how Arizona has, time and …
The tableau remains iconic. On February 1, 1958, at a press conference to celebrate America’s first satellite launch, three men held aloft a mockup of the satellite, Explorer 1. Werner …
The title question of last night’s Zócalo/ASU Interplanetary Initiative event was “Can Space Exploration Save Humanity?” But it quickly became clear that an inversion was required. According to a panel …
It only took a few hours for the space shuttle Endeavour to crisscross all of California on the back of a 747 last month. If you went out for a …
It’s an exciting time to be studying, thinking, and dreaming about space, with the NASA Curiosity rover’s exploration of Mars and the rise of private companies like SpaceX. But as …
