Wholesale Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean

Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean by Dagomar Degroot From solar storms to asteroid impacts, the untold story of how environmental change throughout the cosmos shaped human history.Our solar system is a dynamic place where asteroids careen off course and solar winds hurl charged particles across billions of miles of space. Yet we seldom consider how these events, so immense in scale, influence our comparatively minuscule corner of the cosmos: planet Earth.In Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean, Dagomar Degroot traces the surprising threads linking human endeavor to the rest of the solar system. He shows how variability in planetary environments shaped geopolitics, spurred scientific and cultural innovation, and encouraged new ideas about the emergence and ultimate fate of life.