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Seeing Earth
Ronald Weber
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Description for Seeing Earth
hardcover. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140. .
As our interest in space continues to grow, the cultural effects of space exploration become important. In Seeing Earth, Ronald Weber focuses on the literary response to this new frontier, examining an area of contemporary expression that has remained until now virtually untouched.
The author surveys what has been written about space exploration and calls attention to its dominant use as a means of deflecting attention back to earth and earthly concerns. As Norman Cousins states, the \u201cmost significant achievement of that lunar voyage (Apollo 11) was not that man set foot on the Moon, ... Read more
As our interest in space continues to grow, the cultural effects of space exploration become important. In Seeing Earth, Ronald Weber focuses on the literary response to this new frontier, examining an area of contemporary expression that has remained until now virtually untouched.
The author surveys what has been written about space exploration and calls attention to its dominant use as a means of deflecting attention back to earth and earthly concerns. As Norman Cousins states, the \u201cmost significant achievement of that lunar voyage (Apollo 11) was not that man set foot on the Moon, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Athens, United States
ISBN
9780821407912
SKU
V9780821407912
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99-1
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