Dr Space Junk vs The Universe, 9781742236247
Paperback
Space archaeology reveals humanity’s impact, present and future, among the stars.

Dr Space Junk vs The Universe

archaeology and the future

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  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    31 March 2019

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Summary

Dr Space Junk vs The Universe: An Archaeological Adventure Beyond Earth

Shortlisted for the 2020 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction

Winner of the 2019 John Mulvaney Book Prize by the Australian Archaeological Association.

Mark & Evette Moran Nib People’s Choice Prize 2019

Shortlisted for the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature 2020

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9781742236247
ISBN-10:1742236243
Author:Dr Alice Gorman
Publisher:NewSouth Publishing
Imprint:NewSouth Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:31 March 2019
Weight:308g
Dimensions:28mm x 211mm x 135mm
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Critics Review

‘As charming as it is expert, as gripping as it is surprising, Dr Space Junk vs The Universe deftly threads together the cosmic and the personal, the stupendousness of space with the lived experience of human beings down here’ – Adam Roberts, author of Gradisil

About The Author

Dr Alice Gorman

Alice Gorman is an internationally recognised leader in the emerging field of space archaeology. Her research on space exploration has been featured in National Geographic, The Monocle and Archaeology. She won the 2017 UNSW Press Bragg Prize for science writing. She is a faculty member of the International Space University’s Southern Hemisphere Space Program in Adelaide and is a senior lecturer at Flinders University. She has worked extensively in Indigenous heritage management and is also a specialist in stone tool analysis, and the Aboriginal use of bottle glass after European settlement. Alice is a member of the Executive Council of the Space Industry Association of Australia, the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, and a Councillor of the Anthropological Society of South Australia.

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