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Visions of ourselves

Nature volume 457, page 30 (2009)Cite this article

The view of our planet from space is beautiful and humbling, yet this shift in human perspective has not altered how we care for our environment, argues Charles Cockell.

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  1. Charles Cockell is professor of geomicrobiology at the Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK, and author of Space on Earth: Saving Our World by Seeking Others. c.s.cockell@open.ac.uk ,

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