Steven J. Dick
Author of America in Space: NASA’s First Fifty Years
About the Author
Steven J. Dick is an astronomer and historian of science at the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, DC.
Image credit: NASA Photo
Series
Works by Steven J. Dick
Many Worlds: The New Universe, Extraterrestrial Life, and the Theological Implications (2000) 28 copies
NASA 50th Anniversary Proceedings: NASA's First 50 Years: Historical Perspectives: NASA's First 50 Years,… (2010) 18 copies
Risk and exploration : earth, sea and the stars : NASA administrator's symposium, September 26-29, 2004, Naval… (2005) 12 copies
Associated Works
Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: SETI Past, Present, and Future (2011) — Foreword — 20 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1949-10-24
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Evansville, Indiana, USA
- Education
- Indiana University
- Occupations
- astronomer
historian of science
astrobiologist - Organizations
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States Naval Observatory
American Astronomical Society
International Astronomical Union
Philosophical Society of Washington
Kluge Center, Library of Congress (show all 9)
National Air and Space Museum
American Association for the Advancement of Science
History of Science Society - Awards and honors
- LeRoy E. Doggett Prize for Historical Astronomy (2006)
NASA Exceptional Service Medal
Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Medal
Minor planet named 6544 Stevendick
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Statistics
- Works
- 27
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 367
- Popularity
- #65,579
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 7
- ISBNs
- 53
- Languages
- 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.)… (more)