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whether intelligent life exists on planets other than Earth. Scientists have sent many different telescopes and devices into space to try and capture life on other planets. They have been trying to find life on Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto, Neptune, and Uranus. Scientists think Mars has the best chance of sustaining life. Scientists have done research as to if each planet in the Milky Way Galaxy can sustain life. What they found was that every single planet in the Milky Way…

Out of the Silent Planet A Take on Philosophy In Out of the Silent Planet we see the bent, the broken, and the bold and how each of them holds a standard on the value of life. The character Weston was a physicist, obsessed with the idea of living forever. Later in the book Oyarsa (a sort of spirit entity) says that Weston has been “bent by the Bent One”. Bent is the Malecandrian word for bad or evil, meaning that in the sense of an allegory Weston had been corrupted by Satan. Satan being “the…

and expanding in to many genres including: Spiritual, fiction and science fiction. Out 0f the Silent Planet"(OSP), a since fiction, is the first book in Lewis' Space trilogy. Not only dose OSP have as munch allure as H G.. Wells' books, but it also contains strong moral allegories. Prejudice, Love and God's rule in your life, are just some of the many teachings hidden in "Out of the silent planet". Lewis' least know books would be his space trilogy, but they are one of my favorites. Ransom, a…

The Use of Future Technology To Force Individuals To Comply to Mandatory Expectations Through examining the use of technology and how the idea of this futuristic practices and institutions influence the non-compliant convicts. In Bitch Planet the theory of a panopticon, transparency; holographic and artificially intelligent technology create an unruly prison that is constantly under surveillance. Focusing on the corruption in future technology and how it affects individuals that are…

Out of the silent Planet is the first novel in Lewis’ overlooked space trilogy, it is a small book yet has a lot of information in it. In the opening work, we’re introduces to Dr. Ransom who falls into the clutches of two nefarious scientists, Weston and Devine. These men have constructed a space vessel, and intend to travel to the planet Malacandra, to hand Ransom over to the aliens who live there. After they land Ransom flees his human captors, but crosses paths with the same aliens he…

The planet Telos is located in a neutral zone between Infokatallaxis Federation and the Taxis Empire. A largely agrarian society, Telos has intentionally maintained a primarily subsistence economy in which people live in small networks of villages clustered around temple complexes, with a small agroexport sector devoted to the production of entheogenic, medicinal, and culinary herbs and spices and substantial ecocultural tourism/pilgrimage economy. Their villages are largely autonomous and…

well-known science writer who takes his readers on a guided tour of some of the wonders of the world that belong to viruses, in which scientists are increasing our understanding of life. Zimmer is the author of one of the books I choose to read, The Planet of Viruses gives a brief summary of different viruses in a fascinating way. Zimmer introduces you to the history of virology by exploring some of the common viruses such as rhinovirus, influenza, human papillomavirus (HPV), marine…

characteristics that are present on them, and explaining their variety. Sampson on the other side, takes the specific case of Chicago, and analyzes its urban poverty, the problematics that it carries, and the strategies available to solve it. On Planet of Slums, Davis uses the UN definition of slums as an “overcrowding, poor or informal housing, with inadequate access to safe water and sanitation, and insecurity of tenure” (Davis, 2007, p. 23). This definition applies mostly to the slums on the…

Planet Jupiter, the largest of the gas planets, reigns superiority in the solar system. It is the fifth planet from the sun and features unique properties that are unlike Earth and other planets. Jupiter is one of the five planets including; Mars, Saturn, Venus, and Mercury, that can be seen with a naked eye. Its massive size makes it hard to miss in the gleaming night sky. Due to their visibility, the planets have been observed by many cultures and were given various names. The Romans named…

Each planet and moon differ from one another in mass, density, geologic activity, and structure. The inner most planets or also known as terrestrial planets, these planets mainly have a dense core and rocky surface. Each of these planets though vary in atmosphere and temperature depending on how close or far they are away from our Sun. The temperature also depends on if the planet has a atmosphere or not and what the atmosphere is composed of. Also geological activity depends on if the planets…