New Earths : Transforming Other Planets for Humanity

A dampstain to lower margin of rear panel of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival cover.; This copy inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper. 283, [3 (blank)] pages + 2 colour plate leaves. Blue boards with silver lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 229 x 152mm. Illustrated. "Terraforming other planets, or transforming them to make them habitable by human bings, has captured the imaginations of people through the ages, but has just recently achieved a level of respectability among the scientific community." - from dust-jacket blurb. "Terraforming - the splendid dream that other planets might be transformed to fit them for mankind - once belonged to science fiction" - from the Foreword by Jack Williamson. "New Earths : Restructuring Earth and Other Planets" - dust-jacket title. Contents: Foreword by Jack Williamson; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Terraforming Manifesto; The Biosphere; How Earth "Happened"; Restructuring Earth; Resources for Terraforming; The Technology; Mars - A First Look; Mars - A Closer Look; Venus as a True Twin of Earth; The Smaller Worlds; Why Who By What Right; Afterword; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

Product Info

ISBN: 0811710076

ISBN-13: 9780811710077

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Year: (1981)

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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