This pioneering work of journalism and drama by an acclaimed science writer is an eloquent and insightful study of the role that "mapping"--geography, geology, and blind human ambition--will play in the exploration of Mars. 16-page color insert.
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This pioneering work of journalism and drama by an acclaimed science writer is an eloquent and insightful study of the role that "mapping"--geography, geology, and blind human ambition--will play in the exploration of Mars. 16-page color insert.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World Morton, Oliver---HARDCOVER IN DUST JACKET-PUBLISHED BY PICADOR USA-2002 COPYRIGHT FIRST EDITION-357 PAGES--BOOK SIZE 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Who are the... Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World Morton, Oliver---HARDCOVER IN DUST JACKET-PUBLISHED BY PICADOR USA-2002 COPYRIGHT FIRST EDITION-357 PAGES--BOOK SIZE 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Who are the extraordinary individuals that will take us on the next great space race, the next great human endeavor, our exploration and colonization of the planet Mars? And more importantly, how are they doing it? Acclaimed science writer Oliver Morton explores the peculiar and fascinating world of the new generation of explorers: geologists, scientists, astrophysicists and dreamers. Morton shows us the complex and beguiling role that mapping will play in our understanding of the red planet, and more deeply, what it means for humans to envision such heroic landscapes. Charting a path from the 19th century visionaries to the spy-satellite pioneers to the science fiction writers and the arctic explorers--till now, to the people are taking us there--Morton unveils the central place that Mars has occupied in the human imagination, and what it will mean to realize these dreams. A pioneering work of journalism and drama, Mapping Mars gives us our first exciting glimpses of the world to come and the curious, bizarre, and amazing people who will take us there.
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Book. Octavo; VG/VG-; white spine with black and red text; first U.S. edition; first printing; dust jacket shows slight exterior wear; minor dings to edges; cloth clean; strong, straight boards; text block edges show mild exterior wear; pictorial endpaper; illustrated; tight binding; interior clean; pp 357; inscribed by author. 1343415. FP New Rockville Stock.
