Voyager
Subtitle
Seeking Newer Worlds in the Third Great Age of Discovery
An account of the Voyager mission from conception, launch, grand tour of the outer planets and its current interstellar mission through the heliosphere, all aligned within the long saga of geographic exploration by Western civilization.
The book is an outgrowth of HPS 336: Exploration and Science, a course that satisfies College of Liberal Arts and Sciences science and society requirements.
Bio
Stephen J. Pyne is a Regents' Professor for ASU's School of Life Sciences. He has written over 30 books, mostly on the history and management of wildland and rural fire, including big-screen surveys for the U.S., Canada, Australia, Europe and the world generally, and is completing a multi-volume fire history of the U.S. and its regions since 1960.
Praise for this book
The saga of the Voyagers' trek is carrying the inherited narrative of exploration to its outer limits, writes environmental historian Pyne ('How the Canyon Became Grand'). By looking at the mission of Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 and comparing it with past voyages of discovery on Earth, Pyne offers a unique and engrossing history of the Western world's love affair with such journeys. The two space probes were launched on a Grand Tour of space in 1977; both are still traveling and returning data to Earth, with Voyager 2 leaving the solar system.
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