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Seeing Our Planet Whole: A Cultural and Ethical View of Earth Observation
Seeing Our Planet Whole: A Cultural and Ethical View of Earth Observation
Harry Eyres
Seeing Our Planet Whole: A Cultural and Ethical View of Earth Observation
Harry Eyres European Space Policy Institute Vienna, Austria
ISBN 978-3-319-40602-2 ISBN 978-3-319-40603-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-40603-9
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To Peter Hulsroj and his team at ESPI—a fine example of cooperation in wide-ranging intellectual endeavour
Acknowledgements
As well as the excellent institutional support provided by ESPI, I would like to acknowledge the invaluable help offered by ESA and in particular Josef Aschbacher at ESRIN. Wolfgang Rathgeber, Mark Doherty, Francesco Sarti and Pierre-Philippe Mathieu were supportive guides during my time at ESRIN. At EUMETSAT, I would like to thank Alain Ratier, Marc Cohen and Paul Counet. My work has been greatly strengthened and enriched by numerous conversations with Herbert Allgeier and Roy Gibson. Intellectual stimulation has come in unstinting measure from Peter Hulsroj and also from Marco Aliberti, Arne Lahcen and Stefano Ferretti. Peter Hulsroj, Josef Aschbacher, Roy Gibson, Herbert Allgeier, Marco Aliberti, Arne Lahcen and Stefano Ferretti read the manuscript at various stages and I have tried to incorporate their many helpful comments. Any errors and oversights which remain are down to me. Stefano Ferretti and Cenan Al-Ekabi have also assisted me on many practical matters. Ching Ling has been, as always, a great support.
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Contents
1 Introduction Know Thyself Observing the Earth as a Totality The Ecological Crisis 2 Cosmology and Astronomy from Prehistory to the Roman E
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