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A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars
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A brief guide to the real science of interstellar travel.
With known exoplanets now numbering in the thousands and initiatives like 100 Year Starship and Breakthrough Starshot advancing the idea of interstellar travel, the age-old dream of venturing forth into the cosmos and perhaps even colonising distant worlds may one day become a reality. A Traveler's Guide to the Stars reveals how.
Les Johnson takes you on a thrilling tour of the physics and technologies that may enable us to reach the stars. He discusses the latest exoplanet discoveries, promising interstellar missions on the not-so-distant horizon, and exciting new developments in space propulsion, power, robotics, communications, and more. But interstellar travel will not be easy, and it is not for the faint of heart. Johnson describes the harsh and forbidding expanse of space that awaits us, and he addresses the daunting challenges—both human and technological—that we will need to overcome in order to realise tomorrow's possibilities.
A Traveler's Guide to the Stars is your passport to the next great frontier of human discovery, providing a rare inside look at the remarkable breakthroughs in science and technology that will help tomorrow's space travellers chart a course for the stars.
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Les Johnson's A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars receives praise for its insightful exploration of interstellar travel possibilities. It offers an engaging blend of scientific analysis and vision, making sense of the vast distances and energy requirements involved in such journeys. The book also highlights the ethical and practical challenges of future space exploration, drawing on advances in existing technologies and imaginative options from science fiction. It's acclaimed as a thoughtful and authoritative work by respected reviewers.
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ISBN: 9780691212371
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 11 October 2022
Country: United States
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Illustration: 14 b/w illus.
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 240
About the Author
Les Johnson is a physicist whose many books include Graphene: The Superstrong, Superthin, and Superversatile Material That Will Revolutionize the World; Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel; and The Spacetime War. He serves as principal investigator for NASA's first interplanetary solar sail space missions, Near-Earth Asteroid Scout and Solar Cruiser, and lives in Madison, Alabama.
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