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The Icarus Question - by Gene Tracy (Hardcover)

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  • Daedalus, the great inventor of ancient myth, fashioned wings so that he and his son Icarus could escape imprisonment.
  • Author(s): Gene Tracy
  • 246 Pages
  • Science, Essays

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Daedalus, the great inventor of ancient myth, fashioned wings so that he and his son Icarus could escape imprisonment. But it all went awry when Icarus ignored his father's warnings and flew too close to the Sun. We know how that story ends-or do we? In The Icarus Question, physicist Gene Tracy offers reasons to hope that humanity's urge to transcend our limitations need not lead to inevitable disaster. Weaving together memoir, history of science, mythology, astronomy, psychology and literary criticism, these essays are a point of departure for those curious to understand how science, technology and the culture at large can coevolve. From the necessity for empathy and wonder to act as correctives to climate denialism, to how science fiction can school us in the vulnerabilities that make us human, Tracy's probing and humane analysis calls on each of us not just to strive to understand the world, but to learn to love it better too. Only then will our children have a chance at being able to make a home on that far shore we call 'the future'.



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"...a beautiful, insightful, and important work that blends philosophy and mythology with science in the name of humanity...If you are looking for a thoughtful, poetic, and open-minded book on our future, then you must make time to read The Icarus Question." -- Reader Views (5/5 stars)


Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .69 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.01 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 246
Genre: Science
Sub-Genre: Essays
Publisher: Ramified Press
Format: Hardcover
Author: Gene Tracy
Language: English
Street Date: July 1, 2023
TCIN: 1006247199
UPC: 9798988207023
Item Number (DPCI): 247-48-9272
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship weight: 1.01 pounds
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