Product Description

Following NASA's very recent discovery of vast amounts of water just beneath the Martian surface, Jeffrey Kargel presents a brand new treatment of Martian geologic and climatic history. A fresh perspective on the ideas of oceans and glaciation and young water runoff features - at best poorly represented in current books - will capture every reader's imagination and enthusiasm for the Red Planet.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1626487 in Books
• Published on: 2004-07-23
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.25" h x 6.50" w x 9.46" l, 2.65 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 605 pages

Review

Aus den Rezensionen:

"… in diesem … größeren Werk … gibt es eine Vielzahl von geologischen Vergleichen zwischen Erde und Mars. Allesamt werden sie mit Hilfe von Fotos belegt. … Jedes Kapitel wird … äußerst gründlich mit Hilfe von Skizzen, Fotos und beschrifteten Bildauszügen aufgearbeitet. … Das mögliche frühere Leben, wie auch das mögliche zukünftige menschliche werden ausführlich diskutiert. Dabei zeigt der Autor eine Unzahl von Perspektiven auf, wie erste Kolonialisten ein Dasein auf den Mars einrichten und vor allem überleben können. … reich illustriert …"

(in: Freies Radio Kassel (105,8 MHz), 14. Nov. 2006)

From the Back Cover

Long believed to have been cold, dead and dry for aeons, there is now striking new proof that not only was Mars a relatively warm and wet place in geologically recent times, but that even today there are vast reserves of water frozen beneath the planet¹s surface. As well as casting fascinating new insights into Mars¹ past, this discovery is also forcing a complete rethink about the mechanisms of global planetary change.

What does the drastic turn of events on Mars mean for Earth¹s climate system?

Could life have thrived on Mars very recently, and might it survive even today?

Will humans be able to live off the natural resources that Martian hydrogeology now seems to offer?

How could Mars be transformed into the New World and should this even be contemplated?

In this absorbing, beautifully illustrated book, Jeffrey Kargel describes the still unfolding revolution in our knowledge about the Red Planet and how future concepts of Mars will continue to be moulded by new revelations of four billion years of geology.