《The Giant Leap》作者: Caleb Scharf【EPUB】

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A leading astrobiologist “demonstrates how becoming a true space-faring species is more than just humanity’s future” (Adam Frank, author of The Little Book of Aliens)—it is an evolutionary event at least as important as life’s first journey from sea to land

The story of life has always been one of great transitions, of crossing new frontiers. The dawn of life itself is one; so, too, is the first time two cells stuck together rather than drifting apart. And perhaps most dramatic were the moves from the sea to land, land to air. Each transition has witnessed wild storms of innovation, opportunity, and hazard. It might seem that there are no more realms for life to venture. But there is one: space.  

In The Giant Leap, astrobiologist Caleb Scharf argues that our journey into space isn’t simply a giant leap for humankind—it’s life’s next great transition, an evolution of evolution itself. Humans and our technology are catalysts for an interplanetary transformation, marking a disruption in the story of life as fundamental as life’s movement from sea to land, and land to sky.   

Inspired by Darwin’s account of his journey on the Beagle, and packed with stories from the past, present, and future of space travel, The Giant Leap thrills at both life’s creativity and the marvels of technology that have propelled us into the cosmos. And it offers an awesome glimpse of the grander vistas that wait in the great beyond.

Caleb Scharf is an astrobiologist and recipient of the 2022 Carl Sagan Medal. He was Director of Astrobiology at Columbia University in New York and is now the Senior Scientist for Astrobiology at the NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. His popular science books include Gravity's Engines, The Copernicus Complex, The Zoomable Universe, The Ascent of Information, and (in 2025) The Giant Leap. He is also author of more than 120 scientific papers and over 500 popular science articles published by Scientific American, Nautilus, Aeon, and more. He is a frequent consultant and speaker for TV and live audiences.

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