Out of This World and Into the Next: A Physicist's Guide to Space Exploration by Marais, Adriana
Out of This World and Into the Next: A Physicist's Guide to Space Exploration by Marais, Adriana

Out of This World and Into the Next: A Physicist's Guide to Space Exploration

A theoretical physicist's grand tour of how life emerged on Earth and how human civilization will begin...
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SKU: 9781639368815
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Author: Adriana Marais
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Out of This World and Into the Next: A Physicist's Guide to Space Exploration by Marais, Adriana

Out of This World and Into the Next: A Physicist's Guide to Space Exploration

$66.45
Out of This World and Into the Next: A Physicist's Guide to Space Exploration by Marais, Adriana

Out of This World and Into the Next: A Physicist's Guide to Space Exploration

$66.45
Author: Adriana Marais
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
A theoretical physicist's grand tour of how life emerged on Earth and how human civilization will begin expanding beyond our home planet.

This is a theoretical physicist's grand tour of how life emerged on Earth and, perhaps most importantly, how human civilization will begin expanding beyond our home planet. According to Dr. Adriana Marais, living on more than one planet is an inevitability of becoming a more advanced society, but the process of getting there will provide us with the essential tools for better stewardship of our own.

Humanity has always looked up at the night sky and wondered what lies beyond our world. Now, we are on the precipice of stepping out among the stars, not just as lone astronauts or billionaire tech bros, but as a civilization. Our story is one of curiosity and an innate desire to explore and understand not only the world around us, but the world within us, and the worlds above us, from extremophiles to extraterrestrials, technosignatures to terraforming, DNA to Dyson Spheres.

In this sweeping treatise on exploration, innovation, and human ingenuity, theoretical physicist Dr. Adriana Marais seeks to answer the questions that stand at the heart of scientific endeavor: What are the building blocks of life and how does life emerge? Are we alone in the universe and if so, why? How did we get here--and where are we going next?

Author: Adriana Marais
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 05/06/2025
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.06lbs
ISBN: 9781639368815

About the Author
Dr. Adriana Marais is an award-winning theoretical physicist and internationally renowned advocate for off-world exploration. Her PhD and postdoctoral work in quantum biology focused on photosynthesis and the origins of the building blocks of life in space. She was Head of Innovation at SAP Africa between 2017 and 2019 and is currently a Director at the Foundation for Space Development Africa. In 2020, she was among five global finalists for Women in Tech's Most Disruptive Woman in Tech Award, and Adriana was one of 100 candidates selected for Mars One, the Dutch effort to land the first humans on Mars with the plan to establish a permanent human colony.
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