To Mars Via the Moon
Author | : Mark Wicks |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Astronomy |
ISBN | : |
Travelers to Mars find a cordial welcome and discover the Martians' great secret of reincarnation.
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Author | : Mark Wicks |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Astronomy |
ISBN | : |
Travelers to Mars find a cordial welcome and discover the Martians' great secret of reincarnation.
Author | : Mark Wicks |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2019-12-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
The novel 'To Mars via The Moon' bestraddles the lines of Science fiction and scientific fact. Author and astronomy researcher in the twentieth century, Mark Wicks, sets out to demonstrate by a fictional story how a voyage to Mars would be like and what it would entail. Three astronauts Wilfrid Poynders, John Claxton and Kenneth M'Allister successfully build a spaceship 'The Areonal' and embark on a trip to Mars, narrated by Poynders. And as expected of such a trip, it is not without its mishaps and adventures, not least their encounter with other more advanced life forms on the planets.
Author | : Wicks Mark |
Publisher | : Hardpress Publishing |
Total Pages | : 476 |
Release | : 2016-06-23 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781318961979 |
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author | : Mark Wicks |
Publisher | : Baen Publishing Enterprises |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2013-03-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 162579035X |
Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerIncludes the original illustrations Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó This 1911 novel by Mark Wicks describes a journey to the moon and Mars in the anti-gravity spaceship Areonal. Heavily influenced by the work of Percival Lowell, the book is an accurate mirror of the popular interest in Mars at the time it was written. Contains the original illustrations, many of which were drawn by the author. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author | : Robert Crossley |
Publisher | : Wesleyan University Press |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2011-01-03 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0819571059 |
Mars in the human imagination from the invention of the telescope to the present For centuries, the planet Mars has captivated astronomers and inspired writers of all genres. Whether imagined as the symbol of the bloody god of war, the cradle of an alien species, or a possible new home for human civilization, our closest planetary neighbor has played a central role in how we think about ourselves in the universe. From Galileo to Kim Stanley Robinson, Robert Crossley traces the history of our fascination with the red planet as it has evolved in literature both fictional and scientific. Crossley focuses specifically on the interplay between scientific discovery and literary invention, exploring how writers throughout the ages have tried to assimilate or resist new planetary knowledge. Covering texts from the 1600s to the present, from the obscure to the classic, Crossley shows how writing about Mars has reflected the desires and social controversies of each era. This astute and elegant study is perfect for science fiction fans and readers of popular science.
Author | : William Sheehan |
Publisher | : University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | : 769 |
Release | : 2021-11-09 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0816544247 |
For millenia humans have considered Mars the most fascinating planet in our solar system. We’ve watched this Earth-like world first with the naked eye, then using telescopes, and, most recently, through robotic orbiters and landers and rovers on the surface. Historian William Sheehan and astronomer and planetary scientist Jim Bell combine their talents to tell a unique story of what we’ve learned by studying Mars through evolving technologies. What the eye sees as a mysterious red dot wandering through the sky becomes a blurry mirage of apparent seas, continents, and canals as viewed through Earth-based telescopes. Beginning with the Mariner and Viking missions of the 1960s and 1970s, space-based instruments and monitoring systems have flooded scientists with data on Mars’s meteorology and geology, and have even sought evidence of possible existence of life-forms on or beneath the surface. This knowledge has transformed our perception of the Red Planet and has provided clues for better understanding our own blue world. Discovering Mars vividly conveys the way our understanding of this other planet has grown from earliest times to the present. The story is epic in scope—an Iliad or Odyssey for our time, at least so far largely without the folly, greed, lust, and tragedy of those ancient stories. Instead, the narrative of our quest for the Red Planet has showcased some of our species’ most hopeful attributes: curiosity, cooperation, exploration, and the restless drive to understand our place in the larger universe. Sheehan and Bell have written an ambitious first draft of that narrative even as the latest chapters continue to be added both by researchers on Earth and our robotic emissaries on and around Mars, including the latest: the Perseverance rover and its Ingenuity helicopter drone, which set down in Mars’s Jezero Crater in February 2021.
Author | : Cecil Goodrich Julius Dolmage |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : Astronomy |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Martin Willis |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2015-07-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317321855 |
This book explores the Victorian concept of vision across scientific and cultural forms. Willis charts the characterization of vision through four organizing principles – small, large, past and future – to arrive at a Victorian conception of what vision was. Willis then explores how this Victorian vision influenced twentieth-century ways of seeing.