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  1. Dying planet
    Mars in science and the imagination
    Published: 2005
    Publisher:  Duke Univ. Press, Durham, NC [u.a.]

    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 0822336006; 0822336383
    Subjects: Bellettrie; Mars (planeet); Natuurwetenschappen; Science-fiction américaine - Histoire et critique; Naturwissenschaft; Science fiction, American; Weltraumforschung; Science-Fiction-Literatur
    Scope: 444 S., Ill.
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index

    "A situation in many respects similar to our own": Mars and the limits of analogy -- Lowell and the canal controversy : Mars at the limits of vision -- "Different beyond the most bizarre imaginings of nightmare" : Mars in science fiction, 1880-1913 -- Lichens on Mars : planetary science and the limits of knowledge -- Mars at the limits of imagination : the dying planet from Burroughs to Dick -- The missions to Mars : Mariner, Viking, and the reinvention of a world -- Transforming Mars, transforming humankind : science fiction in the space age -- Mars at the turn of a new century -- Falling into theory : terraformation and eco-economics in Kim Stanley -- Robinson's Martian trilogy.

  2. Dying planet
    Mars in science and the imagination
    Published: 2005
    Publisher:  Duke Univ. Press, Durham, NC [u.a.]

    Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Source: Philologische Bibliothek, FU Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 0822336006; 0822336383
    Subjects: Bellettrie; Mars (planeet); Natuurwetenschappen; Science-fiction américaine - Histoire et critique; Naturwissenschaft; Science fiction, American; Weltraumforschung; Science-Fiction-Literatur
    Scope: 444 S., Ill.
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index

    "A situation in many respects similar to our own": Mars and the limits of analogy -- Lowell and the canal controversy : Mars at the limits of vision -- "Different beyond the most bizarre imaginings of nightmare" : Mars in science fiction, 1880-1913 -- Lichens on Mars : planetary science and the limits of knowledge -- Mars at the limits of imagination : the dying planet from Burroughs to Dick -- The missions to Mars : Mariner, Viking, and the reinvention of a world -- Transforming Mars, transforming humankind : science fiction in the space age -- Mars at the turn of a new century -- Falling into theory : terraformation and eco-economics in Kim Stanley -- Robinson's Martian trilogy.

  3. Dying planet
    Mars in science and the imagination
    Published: 2005
    Publisher:  Duke University Press, Durham

    For more than a century, Mars has been at the center of debates about humanity's place in the cosmos. Focusing on perceptions of the red planet in scientific works and science fiction, Dying Planet analyzes the ways Mars has served as a screen onto... more

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    For more than a century, Mars has been at the center of debates about humanity's place in the cosmos. Focusing on perceptions of the red planet in scientific works and science fiction, Dying Planet analyzes the ways Mars has served as a screen onto which humankind has projected both its hopes for the future and its fears of ecological devastation on Earth. Robert Markley draws on planetary astronomy, the history and cultural study of science, science fiction, literary and cultural criticism, ecology, and astrobiology to offer a cross-disciplinary investigation of the cultural and scientific dy

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0822387271; 0822336006; 0822336383; 9780822387275; 9780822336006; 9780822336389
    Subjects: Science fiction, American; Mars (Planet)-In literature; Science fiction, American-History and criticism; Mars (Planet) - In literature; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (444 p), ill, 24 cm
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-435) and index

    Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

    Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ''A Situation in Many Respects Similar to OurOwn'': Mars and the Limits of Analogy; Lowell and the Canal Controversy: Marsat the Limits of Vision; ""Different Beyond the Most Bizarre Omaginings of Nightmare"":Mars in Science Fiction, 1880-1913; Lichens on Mars: Planetary Science and theLimits of Knowledge; Mars at the Limits of Imagination: The DyingPlanet from Burroughs to Dick; The Missions to Mars: Mariner, Viking, andthe Reinvention of a World; Transforming Mars, Transforming ''Man'':Science Fiction in the Space Age

    Mars at the Turn of a New CenturyFalling into Theory: Terraformation and Eco-Economicsin Kim Stanley Robinson's Martian Trilogy; Epilogue: 2005; Notes; Works Cited; Index

  4. Dying planet
    Mars in science and the imagination
    Published: 2005
    Publisher:  Duke University Press, Durham, N.C. ; Combined Academic, Chesham

    Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg
    GE 2006/5172
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    Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
    2006 A 128
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 0822336383; 0822336006
    RVK Categories: HG 430 ; HM 1101 ; HM 1301
    Subjects: Science-Fiction-Literatur; Mars <Planet, Motiv>;
    Scope: 444 S., Ill.
  5. Dying planet
    Mars in science and the imagination
    Published: 2005
    Publisher:  Duke University Press, Durham, [NC] [u.a.]

    Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen
    01.p.5134
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    Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
    2006 A 14146
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 0822336006; 0822336383
    Subjects: Science fiction, American
    Scope: [IX], 444 S., Ill., 24 cm
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-435) and index

    "A situation in many respects similar to our own" : Mars and the limits of analogyLowell and the canal controversy : Mars at the limits of vision -- "Different beyond the most bizarre imaginings of nightmare" : Mars in science fiction, 1880-1913 -- Lichens on Mars : planetary science and the limits of knowledge -- Mars at the limits of imagination : the dying planet from Burroughs to Dick -- The missions to Mars : Mariner, Viking, and the reinvention of a world -- Transforming Mars, transforming humankind : science fiction in the space age -- Mars at the turn of a new century -- Falling into theory : terraformation and eco-economics in Kim Stanley -- Robinson's Martian trilogy.

    "A situation in many respects similar to our own" : Mars and the limits of analogy -- Lowell and the canal controversy : Mars at the limits of vision -- "Different beyond the most bizarre imaginings of nightmare" : Mars in science fiction, 1880-1913 -- Lichens on Mars : planetary science and the limits of knowledge -- Mars at the limits of imagination : the dying planet from Burroughs to Dick -- The missions to Mars : Mariner, Viking, and the reinvention of a world -- Transforming Mars, transforming "man" : science fiction in the space age -- Mars at the turn of a new century -- Falling into theory : terraformation and eco-economics in Kim Stanley Robinson's Martian trilogy

  6. Dying planet
    Mars in science and the imagination
    Contributor: Markley, Robert (Publisher)
    Published: 2005
    Publisher:  Duke Univ. Press, Durham, NC

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    Contributor: Markley, Robert (Publisher)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book; Data medium; Multimedia
    ISBN: 0822336383
    Subjects: Science fiction, American; Mars (Planet)
    Scope: 444 S., Ill.
    Notes:

    Literaturverz. S. [405] - 435