Mars, like planet Earth, is a complex and vast world with a long
history. The authors of this book give a new insight of Mars by
adopting an original outline based on history rather than on
subtopic (atmosphere, surface, interior). They focus on the past
and present evolution of Mars and also incorporate all the recent
results from the space missions of Mars Express, Spirit and
Opportunity.
This book goes to the heart of current planetological research,
and illustrates it with many beautiful images. The authors describe
the magnificent scenery on Mars including Olympus Mons, more than
20,000 metres high and the solar systema (TM)s biggest volcano. At
Marsa (TM) poles, glaciers, formed from thousands of fine strata,
are evidence of past climatic fluctuations. Drs Forget and Costard
and Professor LognonnA(c) introduce a new world and reveal the
workings of the planet Mars. They answer the questions: How was
Mars formed? Why has its evolution followed a different path to
that of Earth? What do its river beds, volcanoes and glaciers tell
us about its past? Could life have existed there? Does it exist
there now? What processes a ~drivea (TM) Mars today?
The five parts of the book trace the history of Mars. Part 1
examines its formation from the ashes of dead stars, more than 4A-5
billion years ago. Part 2 travels through its early and turbulent
youth and gradual, 3A-5-billion-year long metamorphosis. Part 3
traces the creation of great planetary structures while Part 4
explores this active planet as it is today, with its dust storms,
water features and atmosphere, and shows that Mars is subject to
continual climatic change. Finally in Part 5, the story of the
recent exploration ofMars and current research in laboratories and
space agencies in preparation for the missions of the next twenty
years is recounted.
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