Mars and Its Canals


Leído por 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)

Capítulos

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

Reseñas

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.