Mapping Mars : science, imagination, and the birth of a world / Oliver Morton.
Mapping Mars : science, imagination, and the birth of a world / Oliver Morton.
Mapping Mars : science, imagination, and the birth of a world / Oliver Morton.
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London : Fourth Estate, 2002.
Date
2002.
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N523.439/1
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English
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xv, 351 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
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London : Fourth Estate, 2002.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2002.
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"Their world is a dramatic one. On Mars the volcano Ascraeus Mons climbs to more than twice the height of Everest; the impact basin Hellas, as wide as Western Europe, plunges deeper than the Pacific; the canyons of Valles Marineris form a scar as broad as a continent. Our maps fill the emptiness with the names of ancient and imagined lands - Olympu...
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Mapping Mars : science, imagination, and the birth of a world / Oliver Morton.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 334-339) and index.
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N523.439/1
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74Vv4Zdv3N3M
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184115668X
MMS ID
991015348739702626
