Steven J. Dick
Auteur de America in Space: NASA’s First Fifty Years
A propos de l'auteur
Steven J. Dick is an astronomer and historian of science at the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, DC.
Crédit image: NASA Photo
Séries
Œuvres de Steven J. Dick
Many Worlds: The New Universe, Extraterrestrial Life, and the Theological Implications (2000) 28 exemplaires
NASA 50th Anniversary Proceedings: NASA's First 50 Years: Historical Perspectives: NASA's First 50 Years,… (2010) 18 exemplaires
Risk and exploration : earth, sea and the stars : NASA administrator's symposium, September 26-29, 2004, Naval… (2005) 12 exemplaires
Classifying the Cosmos: How We Can Make Sense of the Celestial Landscape (Astronomers' Universe) (2019) 3 exemplaires
Risk and Exploration, Earth, Sea, and the Stars: NASA Administrator's Symposium, September 26-29, 2004, Naval… 1 exemplaire
Risk and Exploration: Earth, Sea and the Stars 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: SETI Past, Present, and Future (2011) — Avant-propos — 20 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1949-10-24
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Evansville, Indiana, USA
- Études
- Indiana University
- Professions
- astronomer
historian of science
astrobiologist - Organisations
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States Naval Observatory
American Astronomical Society
International Astronomical Union
Philosophical Society of Washington
Kluge Center, Library of Congress (tout afficher 9)
National Air and Space Museum
American Association for the Advancement of Science
History of Science Society - Prix et distinctions
- LeRoy E. Doggett Prize for Historical Astronomy (2006)
NASA Exceptional Service Medal
Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Medal
Minor planet named 6544 Stevendick
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 27
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 369
- Popularité
- #65,264
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 7
- ISBN
- 53
- Langues
- 5
This is mostly a history of science, about scientists who have held that extraterrestrial life is common, rare, or even non-existent, and their sometimes less-than-scientific grounds for their views, but it also deals with the use of extraterrestrials in literature and cinema, and how the discovery of extraterrestrial life might affect religion and philosophy.
The book is fairly short and eminently readable, but there is nothing lightweight about it. I liked it a lot.
(I read this book from the library in April '23, but didn't get my own copy until now. The above are my impressions from 2023-04-29, lightly edited for grammar.)… (plus d'informations)