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Author: Camille Flammarion ,
William Sheehan ,
Patrick Moore
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Volume: 409
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 8.248kg
ISBN: 9783319344775
ISBN 10: 3319344773
Pages: 528
Publication Date: 22 September 2016
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Language: English
Reviews
The book now reviewed is volume I of Flammarion's classic. ... The quality of reproduction is excellent, and both editor and publisher must be commended for their achievement. ... I have no hesitation in recommending it wholeheartedly. (Richard McKim, The Observatory, Vol. 135 (1249), December, 2015) Flammarion, a noted French astronomer of the late 19th century, wrote this seminal review of the research relating to Mars in 1892. ... Flammarion synthesized the many sets of observations and drew conclusions about the physical characteristics of Mars and the likelihood that the planet can support life. Historians might consider this discussion a good example of the scientific method of the period. Summing Up: Recommended. Researchers/faculty and professionals/practitioners. (D. E. Hogg, Choice, Vol. 52 (12), August, 2015)
The book now reviewed is volume I of Flammarion's classic. ... The quality of reproduction is excellent, and both editor and publisher must be commended for their achievement. ... I have no hesitation in recommending it wholeheartedly. (Richard McKim, The Observatory, Vol. 135 (1249), December, 2015) Flammarion, a noted French astronomer of the late 19th century, wrote this seminal review of the research relating to Mars in 1892. ... Flammarion synthesized the many sets of observations and drew conclusions about the physical characteristics of Mars and the likelihood that the planet can support life. Historians might consider this discussion a good example of the scientific method of the period. Summing Up: Recommended. Researchers/faculty and professionals/practitioners. (D. E. Hogg, Choice, Vol. 52 (12), August, 2015)
Author Information
William Sheehan is an amateur astronomer (and professionally, a neuroscientist and psychiatrist specializing in neurodevelopment and brain imaging). He has written Planets and Perception (an Astronomical Society of the Pacific Book of the Year, 1988), The Planet Mars (a book-of-the-month club selection in 1996), and Mars: the lure of the red planet (with Stephen James O’Meara), among many other books. In 2004, Sheehan was awarded the Gold Medal of the Oriental Astronomical Society for his Mars studies; he was the first Caucasian to receive this prestigious award. He has for many years been a contributing editor of Sky & Telescope and is a research fellow of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.
