Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars 从前我住在火星上（入选 New Scientist 2021年Z佳书籍）

基本信息

Format：Paperback| 240 pages 

Dimensions: 129x 198x 14mm| 179g 

Publication date: 09 Sep 2021 

Publisher：Icon Books 

Imprint: Icon Books 

ISBN:9781785787775

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

内容简介

在《新科学家》2021年Z佳图书中得到推荐。"充满了奇迹和敬畏......。格林的这本雄辩的回忆录既是逃避又是安慰。《出版商周刊》对与世隔绝的生活进行了有力的反思，追求着火星的梦想。2013年，凯特·格林搬到了火星。

在美国宇航局在夏威夷进行的第1次HI-SEAS模拟火星任务中，她与她的船员们在一个与世隔绝的大地穹顶中生活了四个月，对人类在狭小空间的行为以及在科学进步和荣耀的承诺中产生的无聊、梦想和孤立的本质有了难以置信的洞察力。格林利用她的经验来思考什么是宇航员，冻干鸡蛋和时差通信的挑战，以及拍摄B星球的成本。结果是一个关于太空和生活的故事，关于梦想和现实之间的滑坡，关于太空中的身体，以及人类难以置信的探索冲动。

通过尝试火星上的生活，格林研究了在地球上生活的意义。在她对这次任务的深思熟虑的叙述中，格林反思了这次和其他太空任务可以教给我们关于我们自己和地球上生活的东西---《今日物理学》

Featured in New Scientist's Best Books of 2021'Filled with wonderment and awe ... Greene's eloquent memoir is equal parts escape and comfort.' Publishers WeeklyA powerful reflection on life in isolation, in pursuit of the dream of Mars. In 2013 Kate Greene moved to Mars.

On NASA's first HI-SEAS simulated Mars mission in Hawaii, she lived for four months in an isolated geodesic dome with her crewmates, gaining incredible insight into human behaviour in tight quarters, as well as the nature of boredom, dreams and isolation that arise amidst the promise of scientific progress and glory. Greene draws on her experience to contemplate what makes an astronaut, the challenges of freeze-dried eggs and time-lagged correspondence, the cost of shooting for a Planet B. The result is a story of space and life, of the slippage between dreams and reality, of bodies in space, and of humanity's incredible impulse to explore.

From trying out life on Mars, Greene examines what it is to live on Earth. 'In her thoughtful, well-written account of the mission, Greene reflects on what this and other space missions can teach us about ourselves and life on Earth.' Physics Today

作者简介

凯特·格林是一位散文家、诗人、记者和前激光物理学家，她的作品曾出现在《Aeon》、《哈佛评论》、《纽约客》、《经济学人》和《WIRED》等杂志上。她是美国宇航局HI-SEAS项目第1次模拟火星任务的副指挥。她拥有化学学士学位、物理学硕士学位和诗歌艺术硕士学位，并曾在哥伦比亚大学、旧金山州立大学和田纳西州女子监狱教授写作。她住在纽约市。

Kate Greene is an essayist, poet, journalist, and former laser physicist whose work has appeared in Aeon, Harvard Review, the New Yorker, The Economist, and WIRED, among others. She was second-in command on the first simulated Mars mission for NASA's HI-SEAS project. She holds a BS in chemistry, an MS in physics and an MFA in poetry, and has taught writing at Columbia University, San Francisco State University, and the Tennessee Prison for Women. She lives in NYC.