{"product_id":"the-longest-experiment-antonio-pascarella-9798999985590","title":"The Longest Experiment","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Longest Experiment\u003c\/em\u003e examines what happens when scientific knowledge advances without resolution, and institutions are required to live indefinitely inside an unanswered result.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning with precision measurements of the Earth-Moon system, the work follows the accumulation of data that confirms a slow, unambiguous change-one that carries no immediate threat, no corrective lever, and no clear endpoint. What emerges is not a story of discovery, but of duration: how scientists, agencies, governments, and societies adapt when certainty grows while action remains undefined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than proposing solutions or advancing theory, this book records the structural response to long-term uncertainty. It traces how language shifts, how responsibility is redistributed, how urgency dissolves into maintenance, and how institutions learn to manage knowledge that cannot be resolved within human planning horizons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in a restrained, observational style, \u003cem\u003eThe Longest Experiment\u003c\/em\u003e is intended as a durable record rather than a persuasive argument. It offers a case study in how modern systems accommodate truths that persist without climax, crisis, or closure-and what it means to remain accountable to facts that will outlast those who measure them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work is intended for readers interested in the intersection of astronomy, institutional science, and the limits of long-term decision-making.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Antonio Pascarella\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798999985590\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stonegate Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Antonio Pascarella","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50546382504191,"sku":"9798999985590","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-longest-experiment-antonio-pascarella-9798999985590","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}