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Mars A Tour of the Human Imagination

Rabkin Eric S.
Innbundet / 2005 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780275987190
Publisert
2005-06-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Praeger Publishers Inc
Vekt
510 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
232

Forfatter
Rabkin Eric S.

Om bidragsyterne

Eric S. Rabkin teaches in the Department of English at the University of Michigan. He is the author (and editor) of more than 30 books on science fiction and writing, including Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology and The Fantastic in Literature, and more than 100 articles in scholarly and mainstream media.

Mars A Tour of the Human Imagination

Rabkin Eric S.
Innbundet / 2005 / Engelsk
Rabkin Eric S.
Innbundet / 2005 / Engelsk
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[O]ften clever and even enlightening….Comprehensive collections.

Choice

[P]robes the ways in which Mars has influenced not only the field of astronomy but also mythology, astrology, cultural and literary studies, and more.

Library Journal

Mars has fascinated us since the time we emerged from the ooze and looked skyward. Both H.G. Wells and Orson Welles found it a source of inspiration, and were it not for Mars the television series <i>My Favorite Martian</i> would have to be called <i>My Favorite Californian</i>. Rabkin offers about 60 short chapters on the reasons why the Red Planet hangs over our science, our speculative literature (both good and bad), and our fantasies. He includes period illustrations of those involved, including Mars itself, and a nifty shot of Martin the Martian, foe of Bugs Bunny.

Popular Astronomy

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[A]n interersting, informative, and different perspective on the planet.

B&F

What is Mars? From the ancients to the present, we have imagined Mars repeatedly and studied it longingly. As scientific knowledge of Mars has changed, so has the cultural imagination of this celestial neighbors. The earth-centered beginnings of astronomy connected the blood-red planet with the God of War. The Copernican Revolution and a later, simple mistranslation from Italian supported fantastic visions of distant Mars as the abode of life variously bizarre, ideal, or malignant. In the work of H. G. Wells and Orson Welles, in books, films, radio, and television, Mars reflected not only eternal hopes and fears but then-current political realities. In recent years, NASA-fication has brought Mars home, imagining the Red Planet almost as an eighth continent of Earth, a candidate for exploration and exploitation both in fiction and in fact. Rabkin weaves a chronological tale of many threads, including mythology, astrology, astronomy, literary criticism, and cultural studies.
Les mer
Rabkin weaves a chronological tale of many threads, including mythology, astrology, astronomy, literary criticism, and cultural studies.More than 60 brief chapters focus on people, events, or phenomena concerning the eternal object of curiosity, Mars.
Les mer
Preface Acknowledgments Red Light in the Black Sky Starry Night Ancient Egypt: Har Decher The Idealized Solar System What Was A Planet? Mesopotamia: Negral Ancient Greece: Ares Ancient Rome: Mars The Sunset of Mars Changes in Venus Metaphorical Mars Ptolemy The Observation of the Planets Astrological Symbols Days of the Week Alchemy The Mars Symbol Nicolaus Copernicus: Reorganizing the Universe Johannes Kepler: Putting Mars in Its Place Galileo Galilei: Questions of Authority Evangelista Torricelli: How Space Became Empty Christian Huygens: Other Earths? Giovanni Cassini: Very, Very Carefully Isaac Newton: One Big Universe Mars on Their Minds Jonathan Swift: Imaginary Travels William Herschel: Stars and Mars The Solar System Today Asaph Hall: The Sons of Mars Giovanni Schiaparelli: Gaining in Translation Camille Flammarion: Astrophile Extraordinaire Percival Lowell: A Glorious Obsession Percival Lowell: Mapping Mars and Martians H.G. Wells: The War of the Worlds H.G. Wells: Another View From Mars A World Ready to Believe Mark Wicks: A Lowellian Utopia Edgar Rice Burroughs: Mars and America Mars: The Bar vrom Barsoom Dead Mars? Orson Wells: The War of the Worlds Broadcast Marvin the Martian: Playing sith Aliens Ray Bradbury: An American Fairyland George Pal: The War of the Worlds Again Spacecraft: Us v. Them Off to Camp Chemosphere Robert A. Heinlein: The Martian Savior Enter NASA My Favorite Martian The Age of Aquarius The Face on Mars Mars Attacks! Leaving Earth Behind Mars Today Phobos and Deimos Today Men Are from Mars The Nasafication of Mars Mars: The Eighth Continent Marscape Terraforming Mars Red Rover Water on Mars Land of Spirit and Opportunity August, 2003 The Beagle Hasn't Landed A-Roving We Will Go
Les mer
As both an enduring object of curiosity and as a celestial embodiment of abstract ideas, Mars offers a fascinating and revealing focus for the historical understanding of the interplay of the physical world, the fanciful world, and the purportedly scientific world that grows from both.
Les mer

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[O]ften clever and even enlightening….Comprehensive collections.

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[P]robes the ways in which Mars has influenced not only the field of astronomy but also mythology, astrology, cultural and literary studies, and more.

Library Journal

Mars has fascinated us since the time we emerged from the ooze and looked skyward. Both H.G. Wells and Orson Welles found it a source of inspiration, and were it not for Mars the television series <i>My Favorite Martian</i> would have to be called <i>My Favorite Californian</i>. Rabkin offers about 60 short chapters on the reasons why the Red Planet hangs over our science, our speculative literature (both good and bad), and our fantasies. He includes period illustrations of those involved, including Mars itself, and a nifty shot of Martin the Martian, foe of Bugs Bunny.

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[A]n interersting, informative, and different perspective on the planet.

B&F

What is Mars? From the ancients to the present, we have imagined Mars repeatedly and studied it longingly. As scientific knowledge of Mars has changed, so has the cultural imagination of this celestial neighbors. The earth-centered beginnings of astronomy connected the blood-red planet with the God of War. The Copernican Revolution and a later, simple mistranslation from Italian supported fantastic visions of distant Mars as the abode of life variously bizarre, ideal, or malignant. In the work of H. G. Wells and Orson Welles, in books, films, radio, and television, Mars reflected not only eternal hopes and fears but then-current political realities. In recent years, NASA-fication has brought Mars home, imagining the Red Planet almost as an eighth continent of Earth, a candidate for exploration and exploitation both in fiction and in fact. Rabkin weaves a chronological tale of many threads, including mythology, astrology, astronomy, literary criticism, and cultural studies.
Les mer
Rabkin weaves a chronological tale of many threads, including mythology, astrology, astronomy, literary criticism, and cultural studies.More than 60 brief chapters focus on people, events, or phenomena concerning the eternal object of curiosity, Mars.
Les mer
Preface Acknowledgments Red Light in the Black Sky Starry Night Ancient Egypt: Har Decher The Idealized Solar System What Was A Planet? Mesopotamia: Negral Ancient Greece: Ares Ancient Rome: Mars The Sunset of Mars Changes in Venus Metaphorical Mars Ptolemy The Observation of the Planets Astrological Symbols Days of the Week Alchemy The Mars Symbol Nicolaus Copernicus: Reorganizing the Universe Johannes Kepler: Putting Mars in Its Place Galileo Galilei: Questions of Authority Evangelista Torricelli: How Space Became Empty Christian Huygens: Other Earths? Giovanni Cassini: Very, Very Carefully Isaac Newton: One Big Universe Mars on Their Minds Jonathan Swift: Imaginary Travels William Herschel: Stars and Mars The Solar System Today Asaph Hall: The Sons of Mars Giovanni Schiaparelli: Gaining in Translation Camille Flammarion: Astrophile Extraordinaire Percival Lowell: A Glorious Obsession Percival Lowell: Mapping Mars and Martians H.G. Wells: The War of the Worlds H.G. Wells: Another View From Mars A World Ready to Believe Mark Wicks: A Lowellian Utopia Edgar Rice Burroughs: Mars and America Mars: The Bar vrom Barsoom Dead Mars? Orson Wells: The War of the Worlds Broadcast Marvin the Martian: Playing sith Aliens Ray Bradbury: An American Fairyland George Pal: The War of the Worlds Again Spacecraft: Us v. Them Off to Camp Chemosphere Robert A. Heinlein: The Martian Savior Enter NASA My Favorite Martian The Age of Aquarius The Face on Mars Mars Attacks! Leaving Earth Behind Mars Today Phobos and Deimos Today Men Are from Mars The Nasafication of Mars Mars: The Eighth Continent Marscape Terraforming Mars Red Rover Water on Mars Land of Spirit and Opportunity August, 2003 The Beagle Hasn't Landed A-Roving We Will Go
Les mer
As both an enduring object of curiosity and as a celestial embodiment of abstract ideas, Mars offers a fascinating and revealing focus for the historical understanding of the interplay of the physical world, the fanciful world, and the purportedly scientific world that grows from both.
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780275987190
Publisert
2005-06-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Praeger Publishers Inc
Vekt
510 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
232

Forfatter
Rabkin Eric S.

Om bidragsyterne

Eric S. Rabkin teaches in the Department of English at the University of Michigan. He is the author (and editor) of more than 30 books on science fiction and writing, including Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology and The Fantastic in Literature, and more than 100 articles in scholarly and mainstream media.

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