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Can I read David Harland "Water and the Search for Life on Mars" on EtoBox?
David Harland "Water and the Search for Life on Mars" by David M. Harland is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is David Harland "Water and the Search for Life on Mars" about?
The author clearly has a problem of not being able to focus on the big picture. With a name like "Water and the search for life on mars," one would expect the main theme of the book to specifically be about the characteristics of Mars that point to the possibility of life. However, this is not the case. Harland consistently gets stuck in mundane details such as how NASA actually lands its probes, the different stages of a specific landing, and what are the different gadgets on each probe and lander. Furthermore, he goes on for about 30 pages trying to lecture the reader about the biology of DNA, proteins, and amino acids. He simply tries to cover too many topics at once and this leaves the reader exhausted, confused, and frustrated. I picked up this book because I was intrigued about why scientists actually believe there might have been life on Mars in the past or if there currently is life on the planet. Instead I found myself reading uninteresting details about how a crater is formed and why there are mechanical failures on NASA probes. Harland spends a significant amount of time discussing how NASA conducts their missions instead of actually focusing on the much more inte
Who reads David Harland "Water and the Search for Life on Mars"?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- David M. Harland
- Publisher
- Springer ; in association with Praxis Publishing
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780387293721
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Engineering, Astronomy
- Updated
- 2026-03-24