Beyond the Known
How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars
$25.29
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
2 December 2020
Summary
From brilliant young polymath Andrew Rader – an MIT-credentialled scientist, popular podcast host and SpaceX mission manager – an illuminating chronicle of exploration that spotlights humans’ insatiable desire to continually push into new and uncharted territory, from civilisation’s earliest days to current planning for interstellar travel.
For the first time in history, the human species has the technology to destroy itself. But having developed that power, humans are also able to le…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781471186509 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1471186504 |
| Author: | Andrew Rader |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 2 December 2020 |
| Weight: | 254g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 130mm x 198mm |
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Andrew Rader
Andrew Rader is a Mission Manager at SpaceX. He holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from MIT, specializing in long-duration spaceflight. In 2013, he won the Discovery Channel’s competitive television series Canada’s Greatest Know-It-All. He also co-hosts the weekly podcast Spellbound, which covers topics from science to economics to history and psychology. Beyond the Known is Rader’s first book for adults.
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