Mars: The Living Planet
Language: English
Published by Frog, Ltd., Berkeley, 1997
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8vo, 365 pp., Inscribed & signed by co-author, Patricia Straat, on the front free endpaper & additionally signed by her on the title page, Paper clip wrinkle on the first few pages, else about fine Nearly fine copy in fine dust jacket.
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- Title
- Mars: The Living Planet
- Author
- DiGregorio, Barry E. with Gilbert V. Levin & Patricia Ann Straat
- Publisher
- Frog, Ltd., Berkeley
- Publication year
- 1997
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1883319587
- ISBN 13
- 9781883319588
- Illustrator
- Illus. with photos
- Edition
- 1st.
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- Science & Engineering
As our understanding of both biology and astronomy grew, the notion that life is not unique to Earth took hold in the minds of many scientists. The recent rise of the new science of exobiology opened doors to an understanding of how life might have arisen on any planet with the right conditions. Dr. Levin and Dr. Straat, who designed and built one of the Viking experiments, contribute two chapters summarizing the current status of this fascinating debate.
The author's detailed research, as well as extensive interviews with Dr. Levin and others, highlights the intriguing evidence pointing to life on the Red Planet.
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From the Author
My book "Mars The Living Planet -should have been released in June 1997, however due to circumstances beyond my control (the publisher) it will be released closer to August. Why should it matter? Chapter 9 is written by Dr. Gilbert V. Levin who concludes absolutely that his experiment on the Viking Landers in 1976 discovered living microorganisms in the soil of Mars. In examining over 100 different lines of evidence myself over a four year period --I concur with Levin's conclusion. Will Mars Pathfinder show us any evidence of life? Perhaps, if NASA will allow true color images of the surface of Mars --not images with infrared filters! True color images of Mars are reproduced using only the primary colors red, green, and blue. If cousins of alage or photosynthetic bacteria exist in the Martian soil and on the surfaces of some rocks --then Mars Pathfinder will have confirmed additional evidence for life on Mars. Also, rocks at the Pathfinder landing site may show evidence of fossils. Note that none of NASA's new spacecraft have life detection experiments in spite of efforts by other exobiologists who have submiited numerous proposals to do so. Why are life-detection experiments being considered by NASA as non-essential when they continue with their plan to bring back a soil sample from Mars? If there is even a one-in-a-million chance that Martian soil contains viable living microorganims (and I show that the soil is indeed alive in my book) then NASA needs to thoroughly investigate the nature of that life on the surface of Mars (not on Earth!) by sending robotic spacecraft equipped with a host of biology experiments and microscopes and other biological testing equipment. If we bring back a sample from Mars assuming it is harmless --it could cause the greatest environmental disaster since the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. I encourage all readers interested in life in the universe to read my book.
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