Voyager: Exploration, Space, and the Third Great Age of Discovery
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (882 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143119591 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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. The saga of the Voyagers' trek is carrying the inherited narrative of exploration to its outer limits, writes environmental historian Pyne (How the Canyon Became Grand). From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. The two space probes were launched on a Grand Tour of space in 1977; both are still traveling and returning data to Earth, with Voyager 2 leaving the solar system. Pyne calls the Voyager mission the hallmark of a Third Great Age of Discovery, similar to ambitious seagoing expeditions in the 16th and 18th centuries. By narrating both the Voyagers and past voyages—such as Henry the Navigator's—Pyne captures the Western passion for exploration and the lure of the unknown, while relating the fascinating story
Misses the MarkNeeds a mid-course Correction! Born in 19Misses the MarkNeeds a mid-course Correction! SynVis Born in 1949, I grew up with Sputnik and Apollo and Voyager. I wanted very much to love this book. Only about half the book is actually about Voyager. The rest is philosophical meanderings on earlier ages of exploration. Perhaps I was just impatient but I really just wanted to know everything I coulld about Voyager. It is very well written but that . 9, I grew up with Sputnik and Apollo and Voyager. I wanted very much to love this book. Only about half the book is actually about Voyager. The rest is philosophical meanderings on earlier ages of exploration. Perhaps I was just impatient but I really just wanted to know everything I coulld about Voyager. It is very well written but that . Moderately interesting history I really wanted to like this book as the history and science of unmanned space exploration can be an interesting one. But I felt like I've largely been down this road before via Carl Sagan's ground-breaking book Cosmos. While the author provides some interesting information on the two Voyager space probes and their journeys to the outer planets I di. VOYAGER wanders around Charlesbalpha The big has some interesting ideas and tidbits, but it dashes from one subject to another too much. For example, the author tells us that the story of Henry the Navigator was a myth, but he doesn't tell us what he thought really happened. He mentioned Uranus's peculiarities several times without what saying what they are (fortunately I read about th
Pyne presents America's greatest space expeditions as the latest chapter in a continuous saga of discovery that goes back centuries. "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'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).