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I grew up when the space race was starting, and I became fascinated by all things regarding the planets, rockets, and the cosmos. For several years, I lived in the Houston area and spent hours and hours at the Johnson Space Center, where the history and future of space exploration are on display. The books on my list represent a major theme in my writing, which is futuristic in concept and asks the question: what we would do if our planet became uninhabitable. The answer provides the canvas to explore the advantages of technology, but most importantly, the determination of the human spirit.
I love this book because it blends real science with an incredibly human story about survival and connection.
Andy Weir makes complex physics feel accessible, while still keeping the stakes intense and the pacing fast. What really stands out for me is the unexpected friendship at the heart of the storyâit turns what could have been a solitary mission into something deeply emotional.
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance missionâand if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.
Except that right now, he doesnât know that. He canât even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.
All he knows is that heâs been asleep for a very, very long time. And heâs just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling throughâŠ
The third book in the NYT bestselling Expanse series, Abaddon's Gate opens the door to the ruins of an alien gate network, and the crew of the Rocinante may hold the key to unlocking its secrets. Now a Prime Original series.Â
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For generations, the solar system -- Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt -- was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The alien artifact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has appeared in Uranus's orbit, where it has built a massive gate that leads to a starless dark.
I am an astronomer and educator (Ph.D. Astrophysics, University of Colorado), and Iâve now been teaching about global warming for more than 40 years (in courses on astronomy, astrobiology, and mathematics). While itâs frustrating to see how little progress weâve made in combatting the ongoing warming during this time, my background as an astronomer gives me a âcosmic perspectiveâ that reminds me that decades are not really so long, and that we still have time to act and to build a âpost-global warming future.â I hope my work can help inspire all of us to act while we still can for the benefit of all.
This is a science fiction book and hence might seem an odd choice for a list of books about global warming.
However, this book does a great job describing what might happen in coming decades if we donât take rapid action on climate change, so I think it can help inspire people to make sure that we do indeed act soon. I also loved the way the book shows how exploration of space can be part of the long-term solution to climate change, something that I also deeply believe in.Â
In New York Times best-selling author Daniel Suarez's latest space-tech thriller, a group of pioneering astropreneurs must overcome never-before-attempted engineering challenges to rescue colleagues stranded at a distant asteroidâkicking off a new space race in which Earth's climate crisis could well hang in the balance.
When unforeseen circumstances during an innovativeâand unsanctionedâcommercial asteroid-mining mission leave two crew members stranded, those who make it back must engineer a rescue, all while navigating a shifting web of global political alliances and renewed Cold War tensions. With Earth governments consumed by the ravages of climate change and unable to take the risks necessaryâŠ
Olivia Thrift, a.k.a. the superheroine Captain Fantastic, is excited to be meeting fellow Canadian superheroines for the first time. However, when their gathering is violently interrupted, it quickly becomes a savage fight against evil.
And, when Olivia suddenly loses her powers, will she be able to set things right whenâŠ
âFor centuries, the ivory towers of academia have echoed this sentiment of multitudinous ends and limited means. In this supremely contrarian book, Tupy and Pooley overturn the tables in the temple of conventional thinking. They deploy rigorous and original data and analysis to proclaim a gospel of abundance. Economicsâand ultimately, politicsâwill be enduringly transformed.â âGeorge Gilder, author of Life after Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy
Generations of people have been taught that population growth makes resources scarcer. In 2021, for example, one widely publicized report argued, âThe world's rapidly growing population isâŠ
