A narrative history of the men and women who have explored Mars and mapped its surface from afar, and in so doing conditioned our understanding of our nearest planetary neighbour. The maps of Mars are exquisitely detailed representations of a land…
The Calendar and its History:
This fascinating book draws together a wealth of diverse material on the much-trusted (and rarely disputed) phenomenon we know as the calendar. From the fundamentals of astronomy to the world's ancient time-keeping…
A Fascinating March through History and the Evolution of the Modern-Day Calendar . . .In this vivid, fast-moving narrative, you'll discover the surprising story of how our modern calendar came about and how it has changed dramatically through the…
Waar is het water gebleven dat ooit zo rijkelijk over het Marsoppervlak vloeide? Wat weten we over het klimaat dat de afgelopen paar miljard jaar op de Rode Planeet heerste? Waarom verschillen het vlakke noordelijke en het bergachtige zuidelijke…
Long believed to have been cold, dead, and dry for aeons, there is now striking new proof that not only was Mars a relatively warm and wet place in geologically recent times, but that even today there are vast reserves of water frozen beneath the…