audiobook Aquinas on Nature and Grace: Selections from the Summa Theologica (The Library of Christian Classics) by Thomas Aquinas in History

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A brilliant new account of the Voyager space program-its history; scientific impact; and cultural legacy Launched in 1977; the two unmanned Voyager spacecraft have completed their Grand Tour to the four outer planets; and they are now on course to become the first man-made objects to exit our solar system. To many; this remarkable achievement is the culmination of a golden age of American planetary exploration; begun in the wake of the 1957 Sputnik launch. More than this; Voyager may be one of the purest expressions of exploration in human history. For more than five hundred years the West has been powered by the impulse to explore; to push into a wider world. In this highly original book; Stephen Pyne recasts Voyager in the tradition of Magellan; Columbus; Cook; Lewis and Clark; and other landmark explorers. The Renaissance and Enlightenment-the First and Second Ages of Discovery- sent humans across continents and oceans to find new worlds. In the Third Age; expeditions have penetrated the Antarctic ice; reached the floors of the oceans; and traveled to the planets by new means; most spectacularly via semi-autonomous robot. Voyager probes how the themes of motive and reward are stunningly parallel through all three ages. Voyager; which gave us the first breathtaking images of Jupiter and Saturn; changed our sense of our own place in the universe.