Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier

· W. W. Norton & Company
4.7
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384
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“A compelling appeal, at just the right time, for continuing to look up.”—Air & Space

America’s space program is at a turning point. After decades of global primacy, NASA has ended the space-shuttle program, cutting off its access to space. No astronauts will be launched in an American craft, from American soil, until the 2020s, and NASA may soon find itself eclipsed by other countries’ space programs.

With his signature wit and thought-provoking insights, Neil deGrasse Tyson—one of our foremost thinkers on all things space—illuminates the past, present, and future of space exploration and brilliantly reminds us why NASA matters now as much as ever. As Tyson reveals, exploring the space frontier can profoundly enrich many aspects of our daily lives, from education systems and the economy to national security and morale. For America to maintain its status as a global leader and a technological innovator, he explains, we must regain our enthusiasm and curiosity about what lies beyond our world.

Provocative, humorous, and wonderfully readable, Space Chronicles represents the best of Tyson’s recent commentary, including a must-read prologue on NASA and partisan politics. Reflecting on topics that range from scientific literacy to space-travel missteps, Tyson gives us an urgent, clear-eyed, and ultimately inspiring vision for the future.

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4.7
80 reviews
Rick Cagle
July 1, 2013
The history alone is worth the read! Stay for the cogent, timely, witty depiction of the why of science, exploration and discovery. I've rarely encountered such a strong grasp of scales and comparative numbers built into explanations of physics and fundamental constants. As the book is a collection of related essays, interviews and anecdotes, either forgive the occasional repetitiveness, or read each chapter as stand-alone missives. This book is well worth your time!
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Billy Nieminen
May 17, 2015
I found this to be a little dry for my taste. I'm a NDT fanatic but mostly on YouTube so I miss a little of his pizzazz in his books. It was entertaining in parts, and I felt like a walked away knowing more than when I picked it up. I would recommend if you have other NDT books in your personal collection.
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Rusty Redden
December 16, 2015
It's great to see an objective persons insights into issues around race, science and most importantly NASA.. (although he is clearly bias on the NASA department... Yet still objective)
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About the author

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist with the American Museum of Natural History and the New York Times best-selling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. He lives in New York City.

Avis Lang is a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History’s Hayden Planetarium. For half a decade, she edited Tyson’s Natural History magazine column, Universe, parts of which became the basis for his Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, and later edited his anthology Space Chronicles. She lives in New York City.

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