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Frontiers and Space Conquest / Frontières et Conquête Spatiale

The Philosopher’s Touchstone / La Philosophie à I’Épreuve

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Pourquoi ce Colloque ?

    • Jean-Claude Pecker
    Pages 3-8
  3. After Icarus

    • André Lebeau
    Pages 9-17
  4. Life Sciences in Space

    • Heinz Oser
    Pages 19-24
  5. Echo Philosophique a L’Intervention de H. Oser

    • Maria Villela-Petit
    Pages 25-29
  6. The Art of Extrapolation

    • Henk C. Van de Hulst
    Pages 69-86
  7. Cosmic Activity: Intensive Way of Development

    • Arkady D. Ursul
    Pages 141-153
  8. Will Space Change Humanity?

    • Ben Finney
    Pages 155-172
  9. State of Outer Space

    • Lubos Perek
    Pages 173-182

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    Jean Schneider, Monique Léger-Orine

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Frontiers and Space Conquest / Frontières et Conquête Spatiale

  • Book Subtitle: The Philosopher’s Touchstone / La Philosophie à I’Épreuve

  • Editors: Jean Schneider, Monique Léger-Orine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2993-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7845-0Published: 03 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-2993-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 255

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Planetology

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