Institutions of Extraterrestrial Liberty

This multi-author text provides in-depth analyses of space ethics and approaches to governance on territories beyond Earth. With insights from a vast background of academic subjects including science, law, philosophy, psychology, and politics it presents a holistic take on the expression of space freedoms and what it might mean for humankind.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Charles S. Cockell is Professor of Astrobiology at the University of Edinburgh, UK. His scientific research includes the study of life in extreme environments, the habitability of extraterrestrial environments, and human space exploration. He has worked for NASA and the British Antarctic Survey and spent many seasons in Antarctica and the High Arctic. He received his doctorate in molecular biophysics from the University of Oxford and his BSc from the University of Bristol. As well as over 300 scientific papers and numerous popular science books, including Space on Earth, which made the case for the indivisible links between space exploration and environmentalism, he has written a number of papers and edited books on the subject of extraterrestrial liberty.

Zusammenfassung

This multi-author text provides in-depth analyses of space ethics and approaches to governance on territories beyond Earth. With insights from a vast background of academic subjects including science, law, philosophy, psychology, and politics it presents a holistic take on the expression of space freedoms and what it might mean for humankind.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Charles S. (Professor of Astrobiology Cockell (Herausgeber), Charles S. Cockell (Herausgeber)
• Autoren: Charles S. (Professor of Astrobiology Cockell
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 05.01.2023
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Internationales Recht, Ausländisches Recht
• EAN: 9780192897985
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289798-5
• Anzahl Seiten: 528
• Themen: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, SCIENCE / Ethics, Astronomy, space & time, Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, Astronomy, space and time, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy