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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Flammarion, Camille (Auteur)
Collectivité auteur: SpringerLink (Online service)
Autres auteurs: Sheehan, William (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Édition:1st ed. 2015.
Collection:Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 409
Sujets:
Planetary science.
Solar system.
Cultural property.
Astronomy.
Physics-Philosophy.
Planetary Science.
Space Physics.
Cultural Heritage.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy.
Accès en ligne:Texto Completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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