Γίνε μέλος Το Καλάθι μου Λίστα Login Ο Λογαριασμός μου Βοήθεια ΑΝΑΖΗΤΗΣΗ   [Βοήθεια] [ok] ΚΑΤΗΓΟΡΙΕΣ ΒΙΒΛΙΩΝ   0 ACCOUNTING ALBUMS ANTHROPOLOGY ARCHITECTURE ART BIOGRAPHIES BIOLOGY BIOLOGY- BODY BODY/MIND/SPIRIT BODY-MIND-SPIRIT BUSINESS CHEMISTRY CHILDREN'S BOOKS CHRISTMAS BOOKS CIVIL ENGINEERING COMICS COMPUTER SCIENCE COOKING ECONOMICS EDUCATION ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING ENTERTAINMENT/HOBBIES ENTERTAINMENT-HOBBIES EUROPEAN UNION FASHION FINANCE GENERAL DICTIONARIES/ENCYCLOPEDIAS GENERAL DICTIONARIES-ENCYCLOPEDIAS GEOLOGY Hardback HISTORY HOSPITALITY/TOURISM HOSPITALITY-TOURISM LANGUAGE DICTIONARIES LANGUAGE TEACHING LAW LIBRARIES LIBRARIES/INFORMATION SYSTEMS LIBRARIES-INFORMATION SYSTEMS LINGUISTICS LITERATURE MANAGEMENT MANUFACTURING MARKETING MASS MEDIA MATHEMATICS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MEDICINE METAPHYSICS - PARAPSYCHOLOGY METAPHYSICS / PARAPSYCHOLOGY Paperback PHILOSOPHY PHYSICS POLITICS PSYCHOLOGY RELIGION SCIENCE SHIPPING SOCIOLOGY SPORTS AND FITNESS ΒΟΗΘΗΜΑΤΑ ΟΕΔΒ     Βρίσκεστε εδώ: Αρχική > ΒΙΒΛΙΑ > SCIENCE > HISTORY/PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE THE VISIONEERS: HOW A GROUP OF ELITE SCIENTISTS PURSUED SPACE COLONIES, NANOTECHNOLOGIES AND A LIMITLESS McCRAY () PATRICK Αρχική τιμή: 28,68€ Τελική τιμή (με ΦΠΑ): 25,24€ Διαθεσιμότητα: Μη Διαθέσιμο Χρόνος Παράδοσης: 22 - 30 ημέρες Το ηλεκτρονικο μας βιβλιοπωλειο δεν φερει ευθυνη για τυχον αλλαγη τιμων των ειδων του, απο την πλευρα των εκδοτων-προμηθευτων του. [προσθήκη στο καλάθι] Έχετε στο καλάθι σας 0 προϊόν. [παραγγείλτε τώρα] [προσθήκη στη λίστα] [αποστολή σε φίλο] Περιγραφή In 1969, Princeton physicist Gerard O'Neill began looking outward to space colonies as the new frontier for humanity's expansion. A decade later, Eric Drexler, an MIT-trained engineer, turned his attention to the molecular world as the place where society's future needs could be met using self-replicating nanoscale machines. These modern utopians predicted that their technologies could transform society as humans mastered the ability to create new worlds, undertook atomic-scale engineering, and, if truly successful, overcame their own biological limits. The Visioneers tells the story of how these scientists and the communities they fostered imagined, designed, and popularized speculative technologies such as space colonies and nanotechnologies. Patrick McCray traces how these visioneers blended countercultural ideals with hard science, entrepreneurship, libertarianism, and unbridled optimism about the future. He shows how they built networks that communicated their ideas to writers, politicians, and corporate leaders. But the visioneers were not immune to failure--or to the lures of profit, celebrity, and hype. O'Neill and Drexler faced difficulty funding their work and overcoming colleagues' skepticism, and saw their ideas co-opted and transformed by Timothy Leary, the scriptwriters of Star Trek, and many others. Ultimately, both men struggled to overcome stigma and ostracism as they tried to unshackle their visioneering from pejorative labels like "fringe" and "pseudoscience." The Visioneers provides a balanced look at the successes and pitfalls they encountered. The book exposes the dangers of promotion--oversimplification, misuse, and misunderstanding--that can plague exploratory science. But above all, it highlights the importance of radical new ideas that inspire us to support cutting-edge research into tomorrow's technologies. Αλλες Λεπτομέρειες ISBN: 9780691139838 Εκδότης: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS Έτος Έκδοσης: 2013 Αριθμός Έκδοσης: Αριθμός Σελίδων: 351 Φυσική Περιγραφή: Hardback Κατηγορία Αρχική > ΒΙΒΛΙΑ > SCIENCE > HISTORY/PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Βαθμολογία αναγνωστών [βαθμολογήστε αυτό το προϊόν] ΠΕΛΑΤΕΣ ΠΟΥ ΑΓΟΡΑΣΑΝ ΑΥΤΟ ΤΟ ΠΡΟΙΟΝ ΑΓΟΡΑΣΑΝ ΕΠΙΣΗΣ BEST BOOK HUNTERS Α.Ε. © 2006 | Νομικό Σημείωμα | Ασφάλεια συναλλαγών | Λοιπές Πληροφορίες powered by eShopKey