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"Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot live in the cradle forever." Konstantin Tsiolkovsky(1857-1935)
This volume presents an original English translation of ten of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky's most significant philosophical texts. It invites listeners on a journey through the remarkable mind of one of humanity's most visionary thinkers, and a pioneer of cosmic exploration.
His influential ideas laid the foundations of rocket science and astronautics, but Tsiolkovsky also developed a profound and far-reaching philosophical worldview. This collection offers rare access to the intellectual foundations of his cosmic imagination, revealing the depth, complexity, and ambition of his thought.
Each piece in this collection, spanning four decades of remarkable thought from 1895 to 1935, has been chosen to illuminate Tsiolkovsky's diverse interests and the depth of his visionary intellect. Readers will discover his intense curiosity about the universe, his optimistic belief in humanity's potential, and his deep reflections on ethics, existence, and the cosmic future awaiting humankind.
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky was a Russian scientist, inventor, philosopher, and one of the founding visionaries of modern astronautics. Best known for formulating the theoretical foundations of space travel, including the famous Tsiolkovsky rocket equation, he is often called "the father of astronautics" and "the grandfather of Soviet space science."
Despite his modest origins and lifelong deafness, Tsiolkovsky made groundbreaking contributions to rocket science, proposing ideas like multi-stage rockets, space colonization, and closed ecological systems decades before they became technologically possible. Beyond his scientific achievements, he was also a profound philosophical thinker.
