The Mystery of the Seven Spheres How Homo sapiens will Conquer Space /

• Main Author: Bignami, Giovanni F. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Popular works.; History.; Evolutionary biology.; Space sciences.; Astrobiology.; Astronomy.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; History of Science.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.

In this book, Giovanni Bignami, the outstanding Italian scientist and astronomer, takes the reader on a journey through the “seven spheres”, from our own planet to neighboring stars. The author offers a gripping account of the evolution of Homo Sapiens to the stage where our species is developing ca...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Our Earth, our Oceans, the Sky, the Moon
• Mars, Planets, Stars
• Coda.