The visioneers : (Record no. 3646)

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008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 120613s2012 njua b 001 0 eng
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2012017061
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0691139830 : HRD
Terms of availability $29.95
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780691139838 (hardback : acid-free paper)
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)788266380
037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION
Source of stock number/acquisition Princeton Univ Pr, California Princeton Fulfillment Center 1445 Lower Ferry rd, Ewing, NJ, USA, 08618 SAN 630-639X
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number Q125
Item number .M417 2012
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 509
Edition information 23
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number 509
Item number M132v
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name McCray, Patrick
Fuller form of name (W. Patrick)
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The visioneers :
Remainder of title how a group of elite scientists pursued space colonies, nanotechnologies, and a limitless future /
Statement of responsibility, etc. W. Patrick McCray.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Princeton :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Princeton University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2012.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xii, 351 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-323) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Introduction: visioneering technological futures -- Utopia or oblivion for Spaceship Earth? -- The inspiration of limits -- Building castles in the sky -- Omnificent -- Could small be beautiful? -- California dreaming -- Confirmation, benediction, and inquisition -- Visioneering's value.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "In 1969, Princeton physicist Gerard O'Neill began looking outward to space colonies as the new frontier for humanity's expansion. A decade later, Eric Drexler, an MIT-trained engineer, turned his attention to the molecular world as the place where society's future needs could be met using self-replicating nanoscale machines. These modern utopians predicted that their technologies could transform society as humans mastered the ability to create new worlds, undertook atomic-scale engineering, and, if truly successful, overcame their own biological limits. The Visioneers tells the story of how these scientists and the communities they fostered imagined, designed, and popularized speculative technologies such as space colonies and nanotechnologies. Patrick McCray traces how these visioneers blended countercultural ideals with hard science, entrepreneurship, libertarianism, and unbridled optimism about the future. He shows how they built networks that communicated their ideas to writers, politicians, and corporate leaders. But the visioneers were not immune to failure--or to the lures of profit, celebrity, and hype. O'Neill and Drexler faced difficulty funding their work and overcoming colleagues' skepticism, and saw their ideas co-opted and transformed by Timothy Leary, the scriptwriters of Star Trek, and many others. Ultimately, both men struggled to overcome stigma and ostracism as they tried to unshackle their visioneering from pejorative labels like "fringe" and "pseudoscience." The Visioneers provides a balanced look at the successes and pitfalls they encountered. The book exposes the dangers of promotion--oversimplification, misuse, and misunderstanding--that can plague exploratory science. But above all, it highlights the importance of radical new ideas that inspire us to support cutting-edge research into tomorrow's technologies"--
Assigning source Provided by publisher.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Science
General subdivision History.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Visionaries.
949 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC)
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999 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBERS (KOHA)
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-- 6/29/2023
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-- $29.95
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-- Y
-- BOOK
-- 2/8/2013
-- PRINT
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Cost, normal purchase price Total checkouts Full call number Barcode Copy number Koha item type
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Odessa College Odessa College Stacks 02/08/2013 30.00   509 M132V 51994001699257 1 Books