Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a WorldPicador, 4. 10. 2002. - 304 страница Who are the extraordinary individuals that will take us on the next great space race, the next great human endeavor, our exploration and colonization of the planet Mars? And more importantly, how are they doing it? Acclaimed science writer Oliver Morton explores the peculiar and fascinating world of the new generation of explorers: geologists, scientists, astrophysicists and dreamers. Morton shows us the complex and beguiling role that mapping will play in our understanding of the red planet, and more deeply, what it means for humans to envision such heroic landscapes. Charting a path from the 19th century visionaries to the spy-satellite pioneers to the science fiction writers and the arctic explorers -- till now, to the people are taking us there -- Morton unveils the central place that Mars has occupied in the human imagination, and what it will mean to realize these dreams. |
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... geologists first came to grips with what a little bit of asteroid can do to the face of a planet , given enough speed . They are all places where one can learn about Mars , where the trained imagination can almost touch it . But none ...
... Geological Survey , its three sheets fixed to my office wall . It represents the planet as well as any single image could . But it's not just the repre- sentation of a planet . It's the embodiment of a process , a process that forged ...
... geology , a planet - sized puzzle that he and his Caltech colleagues were determined to crack . Their tool was to be ... geologist he knew on the faculty , Bob Sharp , to help him figure out what the camera might be looking at . Sharp ...
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Histories | 71 |
Water | 151 |
Places | 219 |
Change | 283 |
Acknowledgments | 329 |
Reference Notes and Further Reading | 333 |
Bibliography | 339 |
Index | 347 |