Author:Greg Klerkx
In Lost in Space, Greg Klerkx argues that ever since the triumphant Apollo moon missions, the Space Age has been stuck in the wrong orbit, and that NASA, the agency whose daring once fueled the world's extra-terrestrial vision, has been largely responsible for keeping it there. Stripped of its Cold War mandate, NASA has become an introverted technocracy whose signature post-Apollo projects - the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station - are perhaps the two most spectacular boondoggles of the modern era. Through it all, NASA has ignored, belittled and in some cases actively quashed the one concept that could change the equation for the future of humans in space: human spaceflight as a free market activity. Despite this, a new Space Age is, in fact, in the making, led by dreamers, investors, inventors and even renegades from NASA itself. Drawn from dozens of interviews, extensive research, and Klerkx's own experiences as a senior manager with the SETI Institute, Lost in Space chronicles the flashpoints where the space establishment and the 'alternative' space community are battling for competing visions. Like the dream of space exploration itself, Lost in Space is less about science or technology than it is about people: their motivations, their ideas, and how their life's work is driven by an almost biological need to reach for the stars. Written with intelligence, style and wit, it is an elegy for the brief, bright Space Age that was, as well as the first comprehensive chronicle of a dawning new Space Age that could literally change the course of humankind.
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—— John Gribbin, IndependentFerry has captured her subject's genial, uncompetitive personality well
—— Brenda Maddox , Literary ReviewI loved it. As a scientist, reading this well-written biography of a great researcher was a treat.... Max Perutz was a great man and a great researcher, and here he has received the biography he deserves
—— Sunday TelegraphElegant, adroit biography...delightful
—— ObserverGeorgina Ferry's biography captures not only the scientific advances made by Perutz but also his curious personal qualities
—— EconomistFerry's story... proceeds with pace and clarity, explaining the science vividly and buoyed throughout by an infectious enthusiasm
—— Times Literary Supplement[A] marvellous biography of one of the least known of the twentieth century's great scientists...Ferry has mined gold into the lives of two of the founders of structural biology; I can't wait to see who she tackles next
—— NatureMax Perutz, one of science's great ambassadors... has been given a meaty biography by former New Scientist writer Georgina Ferry
—— Jewish QuarterlyGeorgina Ferry has produced a first rate account of his life... there is no difficult physics and the story will appeal to anyone who wants to know how science works and how exciting scientific research can be
—— Royal College of Pathologists magazineAs unexpected as it is brilliant... A moving, powerful meditation on the natural world that envelops us, even in the heart of our cities
—— Helen Dunmore , Guardian Summer ReadingHaunting and passionate.... in graceful, poetic prose, compels us to look again and marvel at the 'storm of life over our heads
—— Huon Mallalieu , Country Life, Christmas round upThe year's most unusual travel book
[An] eye-opening and hugely enjoyable book
—— Daily TelegraphWritten in a delectable prose that scatters flashes of poetry over a sardonic undertow of social comment, Edgelands is a lyrical triumph. On Britain’s grotty margins, the duo trace “desire paths” to find beauty and mystery in the rough darkness on the edge of town
—— Boyd Tonkin , Independent
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