The format of this work is somewhat unusual in that before considering Kant's text I first systematically set out his basic views on space, time, judgment, substance, and the world. It is only then, with these views "in hand" so to speak, that I turn to consider the text. A clear understanding of Kant’s views is only one component of an understanding of his text. Having these views already in hand enables me to then focus on the textual structure without having to constantly divert attention to the philosophical issues.
The story takes place in a broken-down generational space ship that has lost (and largely forgotten) its purpose centuries ago. It has been orbiting a constellation of twin suns for 500 years and has slowly degenerated into a balkanized and feudal-like society, rife with a violent and centuries old conflict between the Houses of Rule and Engine, the almost unrecognizable descendants of the space ship’s Command and Engine sections. Thus the story opens with the latest chapter in a war whose causes are obscure and largely forgotten in a vicious circle of never-ending violence.
An illustrated version of the 1969 David Bowie song Space Oddity, featuring Major Tom "sitting in a tin can far above the world", has become a surprise viral sensation.
This lively and informative book provides beginning readers a easy introduction to the Milky Way. Gregory L. Vogt began his professional career as a science teacher. He later joined NASA’s education programs, teaching students and teachers about space exploration. He works in outreach programs for the Kennedy Space Center. He is also the principal investigator for an educational grant with the National Space Biomedical Study Institute. Vogt has written far more than seventy science books for children.
The crew of the U.S. space vessel Aquila returns from a deep-space mission to find that a devastating plant blight has stripped away all civilization, its legacy a nightmarish wasteland. In what's left of the world, the only law is tooth and clay, kill or be killed. Traveling through the savaged countryside to wrest from death surviving kin and friends, the astronauts grimly cling to a glimmer of promise for a new start. Far to the northwest is Aurora, a secret base offering a way out of the decline into darkness.
