lunes, 13 de julio de 2020

The many roads to the red planet — a memoir

The many roads to the red planet — a memoir

A researcher in protective gear searches for traces of ancient microbial life in the Antarctic Dry Valleys.

Author Sarah Stewart Johnson hunts for microbial traces on Earth that could inform the search for life on other planets.Credit: David Goerlitz

A memoir of Mars

A new book by planetary scientist Sarah Stewart Johnson is a vivid history of humanity’s efforts to understand the red planet, writes reviewer Alexandra Witze. Through a mix of personal memoir and scientific primer, she illuminates the history of astronomers and explorers who have been fascinated by this neighbouring world, known to the ancients as a ruddy dot shining in the night sky.
Nature | 4 min read

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