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Are The Planets Inhabited? by E. Walter Maunder. This work examines the question of planetary habitability within the Solar System from a physical perspective, focusing on the conditions required for life as we know it. Maunder defines a habitable world as one that can support intelligent life in a corporeal form and sustains the metabolic processes of living matter, notably through the presence of liquid water in protoplasm. The book surveys key celestial bodies—the Sun, Moon, and planets from Mercury to Neptune—analyzing atmosphere, temperature, pressure, radiation, and the distribution of elements. It discusses the necessity of water, the role of vegetation in enabling animal life, and the unique constraints that govern each world’s potential to harbor life. A central thread is the Mars canal controversy, its critique of speculative life on Mars, and the broader conclusion that life is rare in the cosmos yet possible under a narrow set of conditions. The final chapters weigh the fate of life in the universe and reflect on scientific limits and theological questions related to existence beyond Earth.
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