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"Is Mars Habitable", by Alfred Russel Wallace. Alfred Russel Wallace was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1890-1913).

This small volume was commenced as a review article on Professor Percival Lowell's book, Mars and its Canals, with the object of showing that the large amount of new and interesting facts contained in this work did not invalidate the conclusion I had reached in 1902, and stated... Read Full Overview

Book Excerpt: ...s. In fact, under the best conditions these 'seas' lost all trace of uniformity, their appearance being that of a mountainous country, broken by ridges, rifts, and canyons, seen from a great elevation. As we shall see later on these doubts soon became certainties,... Read Full Overview

""Is Mars Habitable? A Critical Examination Of Professor Percival Lowell's Book Mars And Its Canals, With An Alternative Explanation"" is a book written by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1907. The book is a critical analysis of the work of Percival Lowell, who was a prominent astronomer... Read Full Overview

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

""Is Mars Habitable?"" is a book written by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1907 that critically examines the claims made by Professor Percival Lowell in his book ""Mars and Its Canals"". Lowell had claimed that there were canals on Mars that were evidence of an advanced civilization... Read Full Overview

Alfred Russel Wallace OM, FRS (1823 -1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist. He did extensive fieldwork first in the Amazon River basin, and then in the Malay Archipelago. He is best known for independently proposing a theory of natural... Read Full Overview

""Is Mars Habitable? A Critical Examination Of Professor Percival Lowell's Book Mars And Its Canals, With An Alternative Explanation"" is a book written by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1907. The book is a critique of the popular theory proposed by astronomer Percival Lowell that... Read Full Overview