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Flammarion, Camille, Sheehan, William (Ed.) Camille Flammarion's The Planet Mars As Translated by Patrick Moore

Presents a classic book of Mars observation through 1892, originally written by the prolific French astronomer Camille Flammarion and translated to English by Sir Patrick Moore Edited and with an introduction about the lives of Flammarion and Moore by neuroscientist and amateur astronomer William Sheehan Includes documents regarding the first three centuries of Mars studies, from the invention of the telescope up to the year of the original book’s publication, 1892 Springer Discusses why Mars has always been, and remains, the planet humans are 2015, XXIII, 528 p. 318 illus. 1st most eager to explore edition Includes the first-time publication of the poem ‘Mars,’ by Percival Lowell, written after he was mesmerized by Flammarion’s book Camille Flammarion (1842-1925) began his career at 16 as a human computer under the Printed book great mathematician U. J. J. Le Verrier at the Paris Observatory. He soon tired of the drudgery; Hardcover 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 of other worlds. There followed a career as France’s greatest Printed book popularizer of astronomy, with over 60 titles to his credit. An admirer granted him a chateau Hardcover at Juvisy-sur-l’Orge, and he set up a first-rate observatory dedicated to the study of the planet ISBN 978-3-319-09640-7 Mars. Finally, in 1892, he published his masterpiece, La Planete Mars et ses conditions d’ $ 199,99 habitabilite, a comprehensive summary of three centuries’ worth of literature on Mars, much of Available it based on his own personal research into rare memoirs and archives. As a history of that Discount group era, it has never been surpassed, and remains one of a handful of indispensable books on the Professional Books (2) red planet. Sir Patrick Moore (1923-2012) needs no introduction; his record of popularizing Product category astronomy in Britain in the 20th century equaled Flammarion’s in France in the 19th Monograph century. Moore pounded out hundreds of books as well as served as presenter of the BBC’s TV program “Sky at Night” program for 55 years (a world record). Though Moore always Series insisted that the Moon was his chef-d’oeuvre, Mars came a close second, and in 1980 he Astrophysics and Space Science Library produced a typescript of Flammarion’s classic. Other renditions Softcover Order online at springer.com/booksellers ISBN 978-3-319-34477-5 Springer Nature Customer Service Center LLC Softcover 233 Spring Street ISBN 978-3-319-09642-1 New York, NY 10013 USA T: +1-800-SPRINGER NATURE (777-4643) or 212-460-1500 [email protected]

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