viii, 228 pp. With 24 plates, including colored frontispiece, diagrams, a map, and numerous black and white photographs. 22x15 cm (8¾x6"), red cloth stamped in gilt; top edge gilt. First Edition. The first in a series three of books by the Arizona astronomer, setting forth his controversial speculation about “canals” on the surface of Mars, from which he deduced the presence of intelligent life on the planet. With the ownership signature on front free endpaper of Fred E. Ellis dated 1938, then a student at the Harvard College Observatory, later a renowned conservationist. Though hotly disputed by scientific colleagues, Lowell’s contention laid the groundwork for the first Mars SETI effort of 1924 which in turn dovetailed with growing popular interest in Robert Goddard’s theories on the possibilities of interplanetary travel by rocket.
viii, 228 pp. With 24 plates, including colored frontispiece, diagrams, a map, and numerous black and white photographs. 22x15 cm (8¾x6"), red cloth stamped in gilt; top edge gilt. First Edition. The first in a series three of books by the Arizona astronomer, setting forth his controversial speculation about “canals” on the surface of Mars, from which he deduced the presence of intelligent life on the planet. With the ownership signature on front free endpaper of Fred E. Ellis dated 1938, then a student at the Harvard College Observatory, later a renowned conservationist. Though hotly disputed by scientific colleagues, Lowell’s contention laid the groundwork for the first Mars SETI effort of 1924 which in turn dovetailed with growing popular interest in Robert Goddard’s theories on the possibilities of interplanetary travel by rocket.
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