Download or read book Lowell and Mars written by William Graves Hoyt and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive study of Percival Lowell, who in 1894 set forth a theory of the probable existence of life on Mars based on his discovery of "canals" on the planet's surface.
Download or read book Mars and Its Canals written by Percival Lowell and published by Alpha Edition. This book was released on 2023-01-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mars and Its Canals, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.
Download or read book Mars as the Abode of Life written by Percival Lowell and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biography of Percival Lowell written by Abbott Lawrence Lowell and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Biography of Percival Lowell by Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Download or read book Is Mars Habitable A Critical Examination of Professor Percival Lowell s Book Mars and its Canals with an Alternative Explanation written by Alfred Russel Wallace and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 1907-01-01 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few persons except astronomers fully realise that of all the planets of the Solar system the only one whose solid surface has been seen with certainty is Mars; and, very fortunately, that is also the only one which is sufficiently near to us for the physical features of the surface to be determined with any accuracy, even if we could see it in the other planets. Of Venus we probably see only the upper surface of its cloudy atmosphere. As regards Jupiter and Saturn this is still more certain, since their low density will only permit of a comparatively small proportion of their huge bulk being solid. Their belts are but the cloud-strata of their upper atmosphere, perhaps thousands of miles above their solid surfaces, and a somewhat similar condition seems to prevail in the far more remote planets Uranus and Neptune. It has thus happened, that, although as telescopic objects of interest and beauty, the marvellous rings of Saturn, the belts and ever-changing aspects of the satellites of Jupiter, and the moon-like phases of Venus, together with its extreme brilliancy, still remain unsurpassed, yet the greater amount of details of these features when examined with the powerful instruments of the nineteenth century have neither added much to our knowledge of the planets themselves or led to any sensational theories calculated to attract the popular imagination. But in the case of Mars the progress of discovery has had a very different result. The most obvious peculiarity of this planet—its polar snow-caps—were seen about 250 years ago, but they were first proved to increase and decrease alternately, in the summer and winter of each hemisphere, by Sir William Herschell in the latter part of the eighteenth century. This fact gave the impulse to that idea of similarity in the conditions of Mars and the earth, which the recognition of many large dusky patches and streaks as water, and the more ruddy and brighter portions as land, further increased. Added to this, a day only about half an hour longer than our own, and a succession of seasons of the same character as ours but of nearly double the length owing to its much longer year, seemed to leave little wanting to render this planet a true earth on a smaller scale. It was therefore very natural to suppose that it must be inhabited, and that we should some day obtain evidence of the fact.
Download or read book Mars and Its Canals written by Percival Lowell and published by New York : The Macmillan Company ; London : Macmillan & Company, Limited. This book was released on 1906 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mars and Its Canals written by Percival Lowell and published by New York : The Macmillan Company ; London : Macmillan & Company, Limited. This book was released on 1906 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pluto and Lowell Observatory A History of Discovery at Flagstaff written by Kevin Schindler and Will Grundy, Contributions by Annette & Alden Tombaugh, W. Lowell Putnam and S. Alan Stern and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pluto looms large in Flagstaff, where residents and businesses alike take pride in their community's most enduring claim to fame: Clyde Tombaugh's 1930 discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory. Percival Lowell began searching for his theoretical "Planet X" in 1905, and Tombaugh's "eureka!" experience brought worldwide attention to the city and observatory. Ever since, area scientists have played leading roles in virtually every major Pluto-related discovery, from unknown moons to the existence of an atmosphere and the innovations of the New Horizons spacecraft. Lowell historian Kevin Schindler and astronomer Will Grundy guide you through the story of Pluto from postulation to exploration.
Download or read book Mars Large Print written by Percival Lowell and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2006 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description of canals and oases of Mars by astronomer Perceval Lowell, placed here because, hey, at least he meant well.
Download or read book Geographies of Mars written by K. Maria D. Lane and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume "explores the origins of our Martian obsession in the late nineteenth century" and examines "the way turn-of-the-century Americans and Europeans thought about space, knowledge, and power." The author paints a picture of how "scientists and the public saw [Mars] around the beginning of the 20th century, when canals on the Red Planet seemed a very real possibility." It is a story of mountain observatories, of fieldwork conducted at a distance, and of how Mars's geographers sought social and scientific legitimacy, exploring how astronomy and geography intersected in the debates over the existence of life on Mars.
Download or read book The Planet Mars written by William Sheehan and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty years after the Viking missions of the ’70s, we are finally going back to Mars. No fewer than ten missions are planned for the period between 1996 and 2003, and it is likely that human explorers will follow soon after--perhaps by the middle of the twenty-first century. When they do, they will owe much to the Mars of romance, to the early pioneers whose discoveries and disappointments are brought to life in The Planet Mars: A History of Observation and Discovery. In this timely and vividly written account, William Sheehan traces human fascination with Mars back to the naked-eye observers of the planet. He recalls the early telescopic observers who first made out enigmatic markings and polar caps on its surface. Through lively historical anecdotes, he describes in detail the debate over the so-called canals of Mars, which encouraged speculation that the planet might be inhabited. Finally, Sheehan describes more recent theories about the planet, leading up to the present, when unmanned spacecraft have enabled us to make giant strides in exploration. Well documented and sparked with human interest, this book will be a useful companion and guide in interpreting the barrage of headlines about Mars that is sure to come over the next few years. Amateurs will appreciate the contributions that have been made to Martian studies by people like themselves, and professionals will find much original material that has never before been published. The American Mars Global Surveyor is scheduled for launch in November 1996, and soon after the American Mars Pathfinder will make its way toward the red planet. A Russian mission consisting of an orbiter and two landers will be launched in October 1997. These space travelers will write a whole new chapter in the dramatic story of Mars, a planet whose exploration has only just begun. Astronomy Book Club main selection and selections of Book-of-the-Month Club and Quality Paperback Book Club.
Download or read book Mars and Its Canals written by Percival Lowell and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mars EasyRead Comfort Edition written by Percival Lowell and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spectacular book - it is based on Lowell's extensive study of Mars. It contains several of his interesting discoveries and theories including the one about intelligent life on Mars. A must-read, especially for readers fascinated by astronomy.
Download or read book Mars and Its Mystery written by Edward Sylvester Morse and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mars III Canals written by Percival Lowell and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an informational work on Mars, its natural and unnatural features focusing mainly on the canal system. Published in 1906, this work contains accurate facts discussed in simple language, avoiding technicalities for the readers to grasp the information quickly. A must-read for science enthusiasts. Content includes: Natural Features Non-natural Features The Canals in Action Explanation
Download or read book Percival Lowell written by David Strauss and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elder brother of Harvard President Lawrence and poet Amy, Percival Lowell is best known as the astronomer who claimed intelligent beings had built canals on Mars. But the Lowell who emerges here was a polymath: not just a self-taught astronomer, but a shrewd investor, skilled photographer, inspired public speaker, and adventure-travel writer.
