Bibliograph

The sirens of Mars, searching for life on another world, Sarah Stewart Johnson

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The sirens of Mars, searching for life on another world, Sarah Stewart Johnson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The sirens of Mars

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Sarah Stewart Johnson

Sub title

searching for life on another world

Summary

Right now, spacecraft are circling Mars, sweeping over Terra Sabaea, Syrtis Major, the dunes of Elysium and Mare Sirenum, on the brink, perhaps, of a discovery that would inspire humankind as much as any in our history. With poetic precision, Sarah Stewart Johnson traces the evocative history of our explorations of Mars, interlacing her personal journey as a scientist with tales of other seekers who have scoured the planet for signs of life. Ultimately, she shows how its story is also a story about Earth: it is a foil, a mirror, a tell-tale reflection of our own anxieties and yearnings to find, if we're lucky, that we're not alone

Table Of Contents

Chapter 1: Into the Silent Sea -- Chapter 2: The light that shifts -- Chapter 3: Red smoke -- Chapter 4: The gates of the wonder world -- Chapter 5: Stone from the sky -- Chapter 6: Traversing -- Chapter 7: Periapsis -- Chapter 8: The acid flats -- Chapter 9: In Aeternum -- Chapter 10: Sweet water -- Chapter 11: Form from a formless thing

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