Mars and Its Canals


Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

(4.5 stars; 4 reviews)

In the days before telescope photography, astronomers had to draw what they thought they saw through the eyepiece throughout the long dark nights. Sometimes they saw saw more than there really was to see, and a bit over 100 years ago Percival Lowell published books on what he was sure were canals on Mars, signs of intelligent civilization. (In case you too are skeptical, we also have at Librivox a criticism of Lowell's theories in a book published a year later (in 1907) by Alfred Russel Wallace.)
- Summary by ToddHW (10 hr 6 min)

Kapitel

Preface 4:40 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
On Exploration 14:48 Gelesen von Adrian Stephens
A Departure-point 13:12 Gelesen von Adrian Stephens
A Bird’s-eye View of Past Martian Discovery 19:47 Gelesen von Adrian Stephens
The Polar Caps 13:45 Gelesen von Adrian Stephens
Behavior of the Polar Caps 20:03 Gelesen von realisticspeakers
Martian Polar Expeditions 31:02 Gelesen von MysticV0ice
White Spots 14:16 Gelesen von Florence
Climate and Weather 26:38 Gelesen von Phil Aldred
Mountains and Cloud 19:35 Gelesen von Micfairy252
The Blue-green Areas 16:56 Gelesen von Anita Sloma-Martinez
Vegetation 14:48 Gelesen von AndrewConnolly
Terraqueousness and Terrestriality 28:05 Gelesen von Florence
The Reddish-ochre Tracts 15:20 Gelesen von SalvorHardin2020
Summary 20:18 Gelesen von EdwardMontes
The Canals 16:22 Gelesen von Michael Knowles
Their System 13:53 Gelesen von Michael Knowles
Gemination of the Canals 18:39 Gelesen von Michael Knowles
The Double Canals, Parts 1 and 2 37:06 Gelesen von Phil Aldred
The Double Canals, Parts 3 and 4 39:53 Gelesen von Adrian Stephens
Canals in the Dark Regions 7:46 Gelesen von ToddHW
Oases 25:22 Gelesen von MysticV0ice
Carets on the Borders of the Great Diaphragm 9:40 Gelesen von Greg Giordano
The Canals Photographed 12:03 Gelesen von Availle
Canals: Kinematic 36:13 Gelesen von realisticspeakers
Canal Development Individually Instanced 10:44 Gelesen von wingyanli0903
Hibernation of the Canals 18:03 Gelesen von Melanie D. Young
Arctic Canals and Polar Rifts 8:19 Gelesen von Greg Giordano
Oases: Kinematic 6:02 Gelesen von EdwardMontes
Constitution of the Canals and Oases 14:18 Gelesen von Michael Knowles
Life 18:50 Gelesen von Michael Knowles
Evidence 10:13 Gelesen von KevinB
The Husbanding of Water 15:43 Gelesen von KevinB
Conclusion 14:14 Gelesen von Larry Wilson

Bewertungen

Early Astronomers were Explorers


(5 stars)

Amateur astronomers and citizen scientists today will get a lot out of listening to this book. While the science as been debunked, the enthusiasm and willingness to reach for the stars and painstakingly record observations over many years as Mars came closest to earth, to help build up the storehouse of human knowledge, is truly inspirational. This was an unexpectedly enjoyable listen, well written and well read, and thoroughly unique, so I give it 5 stars.