The Giant Leap: Mankind Heads for the Stars

Adrian Berry

Tom Doherty Associates, Sep 15, 2001 - Science - 352 pages

Some time within the next two centuries, humankind will embark on a momentous voyage that will take us out of our solar system and to the stars.

The Giant Leap explains why it will happen, how it might happen, and why it is a good idea.

Adrian Berry, dubbed "the Dean of English science writers," extrapolates from his wide knowledge to inquire into the possibilities of far-space exploration.

Berry writes with lucidity and humor, demonstrating not only a broad spectrum of scientific knowledge but also an intimacy with the works of science fiction writers. His predictions are always rooted in scientific fact.

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User Review  - Christopher - Goodreads

Though slightly dated the book covers a wide variety of subjects that are relevant to the colonisation of the stars. The basic theories that are needed to accomplish this are explained in in quite ...

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Giordano Bruno was murdered by Inquisition musclemen for contending that other stars had planets. Fortunately, Berry (The Fourth Reich), fellow of Britain's Royal Astronomical Society, will suffer no ...

About the author

Berry is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Royal Geographical Society, and the British Interplanetary Society.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Giant Leap: Mankind Heads for the Stars
• Author: Adrian Berry
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates, 2001
• ISBN: 0312877854, 9780312877859
• Length: 352 pages
• Subjects: Science / Physics / Astrophysics; Science / Space Science; Technology & Engineering / Aeronautics & Astronautics