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An astronomer recounts the investigation by NASA scientists into a group of ancient asteroids that fell from Mars to Earth and that revealed signs of primitive life on Mars, and explores the implications of that discovery. Reprint.
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This is the first book to attempt a full account of NASA's August 1996 announcement that an ancient Martian meteorite discovered in Antarctica may contain evidence of extraterrestrial life. Goldsmith treads carefully, knowing full well that this purported finding could become the cold fusion phenomenon of the 1990s--bogus science that misleads the public. The book shows several signs of its hasty composition, but such is the price of beating the competition to market. Mars fans may also want to examine The Case for Mars by Robert Zubrin and Are We Alone? by Paul Davies.
About the Author
Dr. Donald Goldsmith, an award-winning astronomer and writer of popular science, received his B.A. in astronomy from Harvard and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including the companion volume to the PBS series The Astronomers.
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- PublisherPlume
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0452278554
- ISBN 13 9780452278554
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages286
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