355 pp. First printing. Light rubbing to the cover edges. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. The jacket is rubbed at the head and foot of the spine.

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Title: Voyage to Mars: NASA's Search for Life Beyond Earth
Publisher: Riverhead Books, New York
Publication Date: 2000
Language: English
ISBN 10: 157322166X
ISBN 13: 9781573221665
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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The author probes the special appeal of the Red Planet among scientists, exploring the Mars obsession and its implications for science, philosophy, and the future of humankind. 40,000 first printing.

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Laurence Bergreen is the author of several award-winning biographies, including those of Louis Armstrong, Al Capone, Irving Berlin, and James Agee. He has written for many national publications including Esquire and Newsweek, taught at the New School for Social Research, and served as Assistant to the President of the Museum of Television and Radio in New York. Bergreen has also served as a nonfiction judge for the National Book Awards and as a judge for the PEN/Albrand Nonfiction Award. Voyage to Mars is soon to be an NBC-TV television movie that will premier in spring 2002, and a weekly series that will debut in fall 2002. Bergreen lives in New York City.

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