The Next 500 Years
Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds
$43.50
- Paperback
296 pages
- Release Date
2 August 2022
Summary
Life on Earth will inevitably come to an end, whether by climate disaster, cataclysmic war, or the death of the sun in a few billion years. To avoid extinction, we will have to find a new home planet, perhaps even a new solar system, to inhabit.
In this provocative and fascinating book, Christopher Mason argues that we have a moral duty to do just that. As the only species aware that life on Earth has an expiration date, we have a responsibility to act as the shepherd of life-forms—no…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262543842 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262543842 |
| Author: | Christopher E. Mason |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Release Date: | 2 August 2022 |
| Weight: | 410g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
“Readers looking for science writing that sees bold possibilities in the future will be enthralled.”
- Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Christopher E. Mason
Christopher E. Mason is a geneticist and computational biologist who has been a Principal Investigator and Co-investigator of 11 NASA missions and projects. He is Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine, with affiliate appointments at the Meyer Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the Information Society Project (ISP) at Yale Law School, and the Consortium for Space Genetics at Harvard Medical School.
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