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BL
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601807
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b431026
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| Main Entry
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Smith, Cameron McPherson,1967-
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| Title & Author
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Emigrating beyond Earth : human adaptation and space colonization /\ Cameron M Smith and Evan T. Davies
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Springer ;Chichester, UK :: Praxis,, c2012
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| Series Statement
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Springer-Praxis books in popular science
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource :: ill
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| ISBN
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9781461411659 (electronic bk.)
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: 1461411653 (electronic bk.)
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9781461411642
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1461411645
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Abstract
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"Emigrating Beyond Earth" puts space colonization into the context of human evolution. Rather than focusing on the technologies and strategies needed to colonize space, the authors examine the human and societal reasons for space colonization. They make space colonization seems like a natural step by demonstrating that if will continue the human species' 4 million-year-old legacy of adaptation to difficult new environments. The authors present many examples from the history of human expansion into new environments, including two amazing tales of human colonization - the prehistoric ..
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Space colonies
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| Dewey Classification
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629.44/2
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TL795.7.S65 2012eb
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TL795.7.S65 2012eb
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Davies, Evan Tyler Suliëman
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