Camille Flammarion's The Planet Mars As Translated by Patrick Moore
Camille Flammarion (1842-1925) began his career at 16 as a human computer under the great mathematician U. J. J. Le Verrier at the Paris Observatory. He soon tired of the drudgery; he was drawn to more romantic vistas, and at 19 wrote a book on an idea that he was to make his own—the habitability o...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2015, 2015
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2015 |
| Series: | Astrophysics and Space Science Library
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Part I First Period: 1636-1830
- Second Period: 1830-1877
- Third Period Martian Cycle 1877-1892
- Part II Dimensions of the Planet
- Rotation: Length of Day and Night
- Geography of Mars, or Aerography?- The Atmosphere of Mars: Martian Climates and Meteorology: Conditions of Life on Mars
- The Seasons of Mars
- Changes Actually Observed on the Surface of Mars
- The Canals, the Rivers, the Geometrical Reseau of the Continents and the Circulation of the Waters
- Summary of the Conditions For Life on the Surface of Mars