The Mysteries of the Cosmos explores the knowledge and theories we already possess and the many gaps that remain in our understanding of the universe, beginning with multiple theories of its creation and ending with the possible story of its eventual death. In the past hundred years, humanity has made great leaps in our quest towards the stars, but compared to the unfathomably large expanse of the universe, our steps towards comprehension and exploration are easy to mistake as miniscule.
The more we explore our vast and complex universe the more questions we seem to discover on our journey. Available in high-quality paperback in Amazon and Barnes & Noble available in Kindle and Apple iBook. For those who can embrace their non-centrality and possible meaninglessness in a majestic universe, yet yearn for a shared destiny in a sane planetary civilization, Specter of the Monolith is a wonderful and inspiring work." - Carine and Elisabeth Krecke (internationally renowned artists). Barry shows we live in a 'post-Apollo' culture torn between a frenetic race towards ever more scientific-technological progress and a just as powerful fall-back into the cultural ideologies of tribal ages of the past. Via critiques of the Apollo program and films like 2001 and Interstellar, Barry offers us a unique opportunity to step back and think of the contradictions of space exploration and our contemporary society. Blurb inside cover: "Like David Bowie’s Major Tom, 'floating in a most peculiar way', Barry Vacker seems to contemplate Planet Earth through the porthole of a spacecraft. Inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey, this book presents an entirely new space philosophy for the human species: based in science, aesthetics, ecology, and planetary cooperation. Now available in August 2018, the complete book.
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