Computer Simulations of Space Societies

William Sims Bainbridge is an experienced researcher on the history and sociology of space development and a leader in developing new computational methods of questionnaire administration and analysis, as well as a writer who knows how to communicate clearly to readers interested in spaceflight or science and technology more broadly. The author holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Harvard University.

• 1. A Virtual Launch into a Computational Cosmos.- 2. Simulated Martian Social Science Laboratories.- 3. The Effect of Cultural Drift on Interstellar Colonization.- 4. Educational Simulations of the Evolution of Spaceflight.- 5. Computer Simulation for Space-Oriented Strategic Thinking.- 6. Interstellar Travel across Virtual Galaxies.- 7. Convergence of Real and Simulated Spaceflight.- 8. A Virtual Human-Centered Galaxy.- 9. Social Life on Distant Alien Worlds.