Mars

A Tour of the Human Imagination

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

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Beskrivning

What is Mars? From the ancients to the present, we have imagined Mars repeatedly and studied it longingly. As scientific knowledge of Mars has changed, so has the cultural imagination of this celestial neighbors. The earth-centered beginnings of astronomy connected the blood-red planet with the God of War. The Copernican Revolution and a later, simple mistranslation from Italian supported fantastic visions of distant Mars as the abode of life variously bizarre, ideal, or malignant. In the work of H. G. Wells and Orson Welles, in books, films, radio, and television, Mars reflected not only eternal hopes and fears but then-current political realities. In recent years, NASA-fication has brought Mars home, imagining the Red Planet almost as an eighth continent of Earth, a candidate for exploration and exploitation both in fiction and in fact. Rabkin weaves a chronological tale of many threads, including mythology, astrology, astronomy, literary criticism, and cultural studies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-06-30
Mått:156 x 235 x 26 mm
Vikt:510 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:232
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780275987190

Utforska kategorier

Astronomi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Populärastronomi inom Djur och Natur

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Eric S. Rabkin teaches in the Department of English at the University of Michigan. He is the author (and editor) of more than 30 books on science fiction and writing, including Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology and The Fantastic in Literature, and more than 100 articles in scholarly and mainstream media.

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[O]ften clever and even enlightening….Comprehensive collections.

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsRed Light in the Black SkyStarry NightAncient Egypt: Har DecherThe Idealized Solar SystemWhat Was A Planet?Mesopotamia: NegralAncient Greece: AresAncient Rome: MarsThe Sunset of MarsChanges in VenusMetaphorical MarsPtolemyThe Observation of the PlanetsAstrological SymbolsDays of the WeekAlchemyThe Mars SymbolNicolaus Copernicus: Reorganizing the UniverseJohannes Kepler: Putting Mars in Its PlaceGalileo Galilei: Questions of AuthorityEvangelista Torricelli: How Space Became EmptyChristian Huygens: Other Earths?Giovanni Cassini: Very, Very CarefullyIsaac Newton: One Big UniverseMars on Their MindsJonathan Swift: Imaginary TravelsWilliam Herschel: Stars and MarsThe Solar System TodayAsaph Hall: The Sons of MarsGiovanni Schiaparelli: Gaining in TranslationCamille Flammarion: Astrophile ExtraordinairePercival Lowell: A Glorious ObsessionPercival Lowell: Mapping Mars and MartiansH.G. Wells: The War of the WorldsH.G. Wells: Another View From MarsA World Ready to BelieveMark Wicks: A Lowellian UtopiaEdgar Rice Burroughs: Mars and AmericaMars: The Bar vrom BarsoomDead Mars?Orson Wells: The War of the Worlds BroadcastMarvin the Martian: Playing sith AliensRay Bradbury: An American FairylandGeorge Pal: The War of the Worlds AgainSpacecraft: Us v. ThemOff to CampChemosphereRobert A. Heinlein: The Martian SaviorEnter NASAMy Favorite MartianThe Age of AquariusThe Face on MarsMars Attacks!Leaving Earth BehindMars TodayPhobos and Deimos TodayMen Are from MarsThe Nasafication of MarsMars: The Eighth ContinentMarscapeTerraforming MarsRed RoverWater on MarsLand of Spirit and OpportunityAugust, 2003The Beagle Hasn't LandedA-Roving We Will Go