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Is Mars habitable? A critical examination of Professor Percival Lowell's book "Mars and its canals," with an alternative explanation
Alfred Russel Wallace
Percival Lowell saw canals on Mars and read them as the work of engineers. Alfred Russel Wallace, co-founder of natural selection, took the claim apart point by point, weighing temperature, water, and air against the red planet's cold reality. A famous scientific rebuttal, sharp and generous at once. Judge for yourself whether Mars could hold life.
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27 chapters
- 1A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF PROFESSOR PERCIVAL LOWELL'S BOOK "MARS AND ITS CANALS," WITH AN ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATION
- 2PREFACE.
- 3TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- 4CHAPTER I.
- 5CHAPTER II.
- 6CHAPTER III.
- 7CHAPTER IV.
- 8CHAPTER V.
- 9CHAPTER VI.
- 10CHAPTER VII.
- 11CHAPTER VIII.
- 12CHAPTER I.
- 13CHAPTER II.
- 14MR. PERCIVAL LOWELL'S DISCOVERIES AND THEORIES.
- 15CHAPTER III.
- 16THE CLIMATE AND PHYSIOGRAPHY OF MARS.
- 17CHAPTER IV.
- 18IS ANIMAL LIFE POSSIBLE ON MARS?
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