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Author Hotakainen, Markus.

Title Mars : from myth and mystery to recent discoveries / Markus Hotakainen
Published New York, N.Y. : Springer, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 253 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Contents Fourth rock from the sun -- God of war, heavenly body -- Martian canal engineers -- Planetary ups and downs -- Unidentical twins -- The new Mars -- Museum of water -- Dead or alive? -- Gallery Mars -- Fear and panic -- One really giant leap -- Green thumbs of the red planet -- Little green persons -- Mars rocks!
Summary Tells the story of Mars since the dawn of mankind's curiosity for celestial wonders. This book covers our ancient beliefs, the revolution in our concepts of the cosmos around us in the 1600s, the contemporary knowledge and beyond
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-239) and index
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Subject Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Astronomie.
SUBJECT Mars (Planet) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85081548
Subject Mars (Planet)
Genre/Form Observations
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780387765082
0387765085