Computer Simulations of Space Societies

• Main Author: Bainbridge, William Sims (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Space and Society,
• Subjects: Application software.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Sociology.; Space sciences.; Computer simulation.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Sociological Theory.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).; Simulation and Modeling.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.

At the intersection of astronautics, computer science, and social science, this book introduces the challenges and insights associated with computer simulation of human society in outer space, and of the dynamics of terrestrial enthusiasm for space exploration. Never before have so many dynamic repr...

Table of Contents:

• 1. A Virtual Launch into a Computational Cosmos
• 2. Simulated Martian Social Science Laboratories
• 3. The Effect of Cultural Drift on Interstellar Colonization
• 4. Educational Simulations of the Evolution of Spaceflight
• 5. Computer Simulation for Space-Oriented Strategic Thinking
• 6. Interstellar Travel across Virtual Galaxies
• 7. Convergence of Real and Simulated Spaceflight
• 8. A Virtual Human-Centered Galaxy
• 9. Social Life on Distant Alien Worlds.