Seeing our planet whole : a cultural and ethical view of Earth observation

• Main Author: Eyres, Harry, 1958- (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: [Cham] : Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: kosmologie; klimatické změny; environmentální filozofie; životní prostředí; příroda; cosmology; climate changes; environmental philosophy; environment; nature; elektronické knihy; populárně-naučné publikace; electronic books; popular works
• ISBN: 9783319406039; 9783319406022
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

This book shows how our new-found ability to observe the Earth from "the necessary distance" has wide and profound cultural and ethical implications. First of all, it is the outcome of speculations and investigations of human beings in relation to their home planet carried out over millenn...