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Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World
by Morton, Oliver
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- Hardcover
- first
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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 D
- ISBN 10
- 0312245513
- ISBN 13
- 9780312245511
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About This Item
New York, NY: Picador USA, 2002. First edition. . Hard cover. 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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- Red Rover Do Over (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.0040786
- Title
- Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World
- Author
- Morton, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket. Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World Morton, Oliver---HARDCOVER IN D
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0312245513
- ISBN 13
- 9780312245511
- Publisher
- Picador USA
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2002
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