This book tells the story of Mars since the dawn of mankind's curiosity for celestial wonders and the ancient beliefs through the revolution in our concepts of the cosmos around us in the 1600's to the present day knowledge and beyond, all the way to the futuristic visions of science fiction and terraformed Mars with conditions suitable to Earth life. It also tells the story of Martian ‘life’ : pluralistic view of the 1700's with all the bodies of the Solar System being thought to be inhabited, certainty on the existence of Martian civilization in the end of the 1800's and the beginning of the 1900's based on the observations of canals, the sudden ‘death’ of Mars in the 1960's due to the images sent back by the first space probes, and the resurrection in the 1990's and2000's due to the controversial findings in Martian meteorite ALH84001 and ever-increasing evidence for the watery and possibly more temperate past of Mars. Up-to-date information and imagery closely related to the text. Very readable text with no math nor scientific jargon. A true ‘biography’ of Mars and the knowledge we have gained on the Red Planet. Not everything on everything, but essentials on everything. Book received the annual State Award for Public Information granted by the Ministry of Education
- ISBN: 978-0-387-76507-5
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 240
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés