Non-Fiction Books:

The Meaning and Value of Spaceflight

Public Perceptions
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This book presents the most serious and comprehensive study, by far, of American public perceptions about the meaning of space exploration, analyzing vast troves of questionnaire data collected by many researchers and polling firms over a span of six decades and anchored in influential social science theories. It doesn't simply report the percentages who held various opinions, but employs sophisticated statistical techniques to answer profound questions and achieve fresh discoveries. Both the Bush and the Obama administrations have cut back severely on fundamental research in space science and engineering. Understanding better what space exploration means for citizens can contribute to charting a feasible but progressive course. Since the end of the Space Race between the US and the USSR, social scientists have almost completely ignored space exploration as a topic for serious analysis and this book seeks to revive that kind of contribution. The author communicates the insights in a lucid style, not only intelligible but interesting to readers from a variety of backgrounds.

Author Biography:

William Sims Bainbridge is an experienced researcher on the history and sociology of space development and a leader in developing new computational methods of questionnaire administration and analysis, as well as a writer who knows how to communicate clearly to readers interested in spaceflight or science and technology more broadly.
Release date Australia
September 10th, 2016
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Illustrations
1 Illustrations, black and white; XI, 225 p. 1 illus.
Pages
225
Dimensions
155x235x13
ISBN-13
9783319381060
Product ID
26030789

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