Kenneth Brower's writing has appeared in the Atlantic, Audubon, National Geographic, the Paris Review, Smithsonian, Sierra, and numerous other magazines. His books include Wake of the Whale, A Song for Satawal, The Winemaker's Marsh, The Wildness Within, and other titles about the environment and natural places.
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Originally published in 1978, The Starship and the Canoe is the remarkable story of a father and son: Freeman Dyson is a world-renowned astrophysicist who dreams of exploring the heavens and has designed a spaceship to take him there. His son George, a br... SEE MORE