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    Aurora Cosmos – Starport

    A Structural Proposal for a Self-Sustaining Orbital Civilization

    by Richard Axe ...
    Narrated by Digital Voice Quentin E ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - Aurora Cosmos

    Unabridged

    3 hours 4 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Aurora was never intended as a monument. It was created to be a world.Spanning twenty kilometers in diameter and thirty-two kilometers in length, Aurora is a rotating orbital habitat engineered with harmonic precision. Entire cities unfold along the interior of a vast cylinder, where curvature becomes terrain and gravity is generated through motion ... Read more

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  • Aurora Cosmos – Starport

    Aurora Cosmos, #1

    by Richard Axe ...
    Series Book 1 - Aurora Cosmos
    Aurora was never intended as a monument. It was created to be a world.Its twenty-kilometer diameter was carefully determined through behavioral and environmental research, ensuring that each segment contains nearly the full land area of Manhattan. Entire cities unfold along the interior of an immense rotating cylinder, where curvature becomes terrain and the sky bends without enclosing the mind ... Read more

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  • The Price of Panic

    How the Tyranny of Experts Turned a Pandemic into a Catastrophe

    by Jay W. Richards, Ph.D., Douglas Axe, Ph.D., William M. Briggs, Ph.D. ...
    WHAT JUST HAPPENED?The human cost of the emergency response to COVID-19 has far outweighed the benefits. That’s the sobering verdict of a trio of scholars—a biologist, a statistician, and a philosopher— in this comprehensive assessment of the worst panic-induced disaster in history.As the media fanned the flames of panic, government officials and a new elite of scientific experts ignored the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Interstellar

    The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars

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    “The world's leading alien hunter” —New York Times MagazineFrom acclaimed Harvard astrophysicist and bestselling author of Extraterrestrial comes a mind-expanding new book on space exploration explaining why becoming an interstellar species is imperative for humanity’s survival and detailing a game plan for how we can settle among the stars.In the New York Times bestseller Extraterrestrial,</e... ... Read more

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  • Titan Unveiled

    Saturn's Mysterious Moon Explored

    by Ralph Lorenz, Jacqueline Mitton ...
    This beautifully illustrated volume reveals the startling discoveries about Saturn's largest moon made by the Cassini-Huygens probe in 2005.In the early 1980s, when the two Voyager spacecraft skimmed past Titan, Saturn's largest moon, they transmitted back enticing images of a world concealed in a seemingly impenetrable orange haze. Scientists speculated about its mysteries for years. Finally, in ... Read more

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    From an engineer and futurist, an impassioned account of technological stagnation since the 1970s and an imaginative blueprint for a richer, more abundant future.The science fiction of the 1960s promised us a future remade by technological innovation. We’d vacation in geodesic domes on Mars, have meaningful conversations with computers, and drop our children off at school in flying cars. Fast ... Read more

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    How Science Fiction Technology Became Reality and Shapes the Future

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    An exciting book about real-life technology derived from science fiction and its impact on the world.Science fiction is a vital part of popular culture, influencing the way we all look at the world. TV shows like Star Trek and movies from Forbidden Planet to Inception have influenced scientists to enter the profession and have shaped our futures. Science fiction doesn't set out to predict what ... Read more

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  • Designing and Building Space Colonies-A Blueprint For the Future

    by Martin Ettington ...
    One of the greatest adventures in the future of humanity will be to construct, work, and live in space based structures.In this book we look at the history of ideas for living in space, proposed space colony designs, and technology.The details of current life support technology on the International Space Station is reviewed, and what technologies will be required for development of large scale ... Read more

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  • Science Fiction Weaponry: A Guide for Writers by J. Daniel Sawyer and Mary Mason

    by J. Daniel Sawyer ...
    The author of The Antithesis Progression teams up with the author of The Rehumanization of Jade Darcy to provide an in-depth guide to the science fact that underlies some of the most popular weapons in science fiction. Whether you're a writer looking to add depth and texture to your weapons technology, or a fan who wants to know how it all works, this is the place.Find out how it all works! This ... Read more

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    Serious Scientific Explanations Behind Sci-Fi's Greatest Inventions

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    "An enjoyable source of information on a wide variety of real or imagined technological marvels of the space age." —National Space SocietyThis beautifully illustrated pop science book answers the enduring questions raised by science fiction, such as: Do hoverboards really exist, how can you bring a dinosaur back to life and can we really travel in time and space.Packed with stunning images, ... Read more

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    How long can people really live? We are all taught by family, friends, and our family doctors that we should live into our seventies and eighties then die in the normal course of events.The truth is that there are legitimate records of persons up to hundreds of years old.One only has to do the research.In this book I present extensive records of nine individuals who lived from one hundred thirty ... Read more

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