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Geographies of Mars : Seeing and Knowing the Red Planet by K. Maria D. Lane is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p><b>A highly original exploration of geography’s spatial dimensions at the beginning of the twentieth century, offering a new view of the mapping of far-off worlds.</b><br> <br> One of the first maps of Mars, published by an Italian astronomer in 1877, with its pattern of canals, fueled belief in intelligent life forms on the distant red planet—a hope that continued into the 1960s. Although the Martian canals have long since been dismissed as a famous error in the history of science, K. Maria
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- K. Maria D. Lane
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781283058377
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Astronomy, History, Geography
- Rating
- 3.17 / 5 (6 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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