Voyager: Exploration, Space, and the Third Great Age of Discovery

by Pyne, Stephen J.
ISBN: 9780143119593
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Overview

"Blooms with such glorious rushes of exalted prose that I was dog- earing almost every page." --The New York Times Book Review

As debate over the future of NASA heats up, award-winning author Stephen J. Pyne presents America's greatest space expeditions as the latest chapter in a continuous saga of discovery that goes back centuries. Pyne's luminous narrative not only recounts the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 missions, launched in 1977 to explore the outer planets, but also fixes their place in Western civilization's urge to explore-an impulse that links NASA's scientists with Magellan, Columbus, Cook, Lewis and Clark, and other intrepid seekers through the ages. Pyne's eye-opening look at what he calls the third age of discovery "reminds readers of the rich cultural history that underlies humankind's exploration of the cosmos" (Science News).

  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Pyne, Stephen J.
  • ISBN: 9780143119593
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.37 x 1.00
  • Number Of Pages: 444
  • Publication Year: 2011