Mars Owners' Workshop Manual: From 4.5 Billion Years Ago to the Present

by David M Harland and David M. Harland

This rapidly paced book provides a fascinating insight into how our understanding of Mars has developed.

When a Renaissance astronomer studied the motions of Mars in the sky, he discovered the laws of planetary motion. With the advent of the telescope, the planet could be studied as a world in its own right, measuring the length of its day and mapping its surface in ever more detail. Late in the 19th century, Percival Lowell in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785211382
• ISBN13: 9781785211386
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 10.7"