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Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier (original 2012; edition 2012)

by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Avis Lang (Editor)

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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson presents his views on the future of space travel and America's role in that future, giving his readers an eye-opening manifesto on the importance of space exploration for America's economy, security, and morale.
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Title:Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier
Authors:Neil deGrasse Tyson
Other authors:Avis Lang (Editor)
Info:W. W. Norton & Company (2012), Hardcover, 384 pages
Collections:Your library, Read but unowned
Rating:****
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Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier by Neil deGrasse Tyson (2012)

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I've been reading this book all semester while working on a project for a college course I'm taking; the project is an argumentative paper in favor of giving NASA greater funding. There were parts of this book I read multiple times, just because they were so interesting! Tyson is not only passionate about the subject matter but brings some very fresh and humorous arguments to the table.
This was an invaluable resource for me and I'm glad I read it. Although I don't agree with every little thing he said (I have different views on some of the biological and evolutionary standpoints) this was really great read that I learned a lot from! ( )
  deborahee | Feb 23, 2024 |
This book, a collection of essays and articles written by Dr. Tyson over many years, could be viewed simply as an anthology. Despite the temporal spread in the origin of the writings in this book, it exhibits a synergy that is as delightful as it is unexpected. This synergy reads as an exhortation to all of us, scientist and nonscientist alike, to remember that the space program is more than just putting canned apes and robots into orbit. Rather, the space program can be considered a Crossfit of technological and scientific endeavor: something that we undertake because we know only through consistent self-challenge can we be better tomorrow than we are today.

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  BrentN | Jan 7, 2023 |
This is a solid collection of essays, columns, articles and speeches on the history and future of the U.S. space program. Each chapter is adapted from a different original article. Some of them get a bit repetitive, which makes this book better suited for dipping into and out of rather than reading straight through. ( )
  rabbitprincess | May 5, 2020 |
I wish I could give 6 stars to this book. Tyson inspires and chronicles at the same time. I personally wish I could give more of my tax dollars to NASA to keep it going. ( )
  LindaLeeJacobs | Feb 15, 2020 |
Tyson is an eloquent spokesman for his "Cosmic Perspective." Though Space Chronicles is a non-book (i.e., a compilation of "15 years worth of commentaries"), it manages to include much useful information, packaged in bite-sized snippets. Those looking for a treatise on astrophysics, or a detailed rendition of the latest cosmologies will have to look elsewhere. This is popular science, the audience of which, appears to be the intelligent voting citizen. Tyson makes the case for NASA funding ad nauseum--figuring, I guess since the politicians don't have the brains to adequately fund science, that it is up to the semi-literate public to properly motivate them. He may be correct, and they could do worse in looking for a political primer on astronomical matters than this book. ( )
  Teiresias1960 | Feb 24, 2018 |
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Dinosaurs are extinct today because they did not build spacecraft.
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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson presents his views on the future of space travel and America's role in that future, giving his readers an eye-opening manifesto on the importance of space exploration for America's economy, security, and morale.

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