The Sirens of Mars [electronic resource] : Searching for Life on Another World
Sarah Stewart Johnson2020
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A must-read for fans of our Martian neighbour and humanity's longstanding search
for life elsewhere in the Universe
As a new wave of interplanetary exploration launches in summer 2020, a talented
young planetary scientist charts our centuries-old obsession with Mars.
'Beautifully written, emotive - a love letter to a planet' DERMOT O'LEARY, BBC
Radio 2
Mars - bewilderingly empty, coated in red dust - is an unlikely place to pin our
hopes of finding life elsewhere. And yet, right now multiple spacecraft are
circling, sweeping over Terra Sabaea, Syrtis Major, the dunes of Elysium and
Mare Sirenum - on the brink, perhaps, of a discovery that would inspire
humankind as much as any in our history.
With poetic precision and grace, Sarah Stewart Johnson traces the evocative
history of our explorations of Mars. She interlaces her personal journey as a
scientist with tales of other seekers - from Galileo to William Herschel to Carl
Sagan - who have scoured this enigmatic p...
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The Sirens of Mars [electronic resource] : Searching for Life on Another World / Sarah Stewart Johnson
Author:
Sarah Stewart Johnson, Author
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2020
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
College/higher education
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780241216019
Language:
English
BRN:
437641
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