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Life on Mars : what to know before we go /

The search for life on Mars--and the moral issues confronting us as we prepare to send humans there. Does life exist on Mars? The question has captivated humans for centuries, but today it has taken on new urgency. As space agencies gear up to send the first manned missions to the Red Planet, we hav...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weintraub, David A. (David Andrew), 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2020.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • contents
  • Dedication
  • Chapter 1. Why Mars matters
  • Chapter 2. Martians?
  • Chapter 3. Mars and Earth as twins
  • Chapter 4. Imaginary Mars
  • Chapter 5. Misty Mars
  • Chapter 6. Red vegetation and reasoning beings
  • Chapter 7. Water on Mars: The real deal
  • Chapter 8. Canal builders
  • Chapter 9. Chlorophyll, lichens, and algae
  • Chapter 10. Vikings on the plains of Chryse and Utopia
  • Chapter 11. Hot potato
  • Chapter 12. Methane and Mars
  • Chapter 13. Digging in the noise
  • Chapter 14. Here today, gone tomorrow
  • Chapter 15. Sniffing Martian air with curiosity
  • Chapter 16. Chasing Martians
  • Afterword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix. Life on Mars Astronomers and Scientists
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Index.