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. More than 60 brief chapters focus
on people, events, or phenomena concerning the eternal object of
curiosity, Mars. This rich series of readable, illustrated chapters
can be sampled at will for the fun of discovery, read sequentially
as a connected history, or enjoyed as a resource for the
contemplation. Featuring over 100 illustrations, this unique
examination of humanity's most storied companion serves as a
resource for the study of ourselves.
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