For the Love of Mars

For the Love of Mars

The University of Chicago Press

For the Love of MarsA Human History of the Red Planet\nAuthor(s): Matthew Shindell\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Chicago Press, United States\nImprint: University of Chicago Press\nISBN-13: 9780226836775, 978-0226836775\nSynopsis\nA tour of Mars in the human imagination, from ancient astrologers to modern explorers.\n\n Mars and its secrets have fascinated and mystified humans since ancient times. For the Love of Mars surveys the red planets place in the human imagination, beginning with ancient astrologers and skywatchers and ending in our present moment of exploration and virtual engagement.\n National Air and Space Museum curator Matthew Shindell describes how historical figures across eras and around the world have made sense of this mysterious planet. We meet Mayan astrologer priests who incorporated Mars into seasonal calendars and religious ceremonies, Babylonian astrologers who discerned bad omens, figures of the Scientific Revolution who struggled to compr.

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