LEADER 06196nam 22006975 450 001 9910300560003321 005 20210728005529.0 010 $a3-319-74784-3 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-74784-2 035 $a(CKB)4100000006995839 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5528883 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-74784-2 035 $a(PPN)230539149 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000006995839 100 $a20180928d2018 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMysteries of Mars /$fby Fabio Vittorio De Blasio 205 $a1st ed. 2018. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Praxis,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (200 pages) 225 1 $aPopular Astronomy,$x2626-8760 311 $a3-319-74783-5 327 $aPart I: Mars through the millennia -- Mars as a heavenly warrior -- Mars with its odd orbit enters science -- Schiaparelli, Lowell, and the Martians -- Martian engineers or Martian lichens? -- Mars as seen by Mariners and Vikings -- A long interval and the return to Mars -- Technical box: Sending a spacecraft to Mars -- Mars in its orbit -- The big disappointment -- The rocks of the Martian surface -- The final answer -- Part II: history and geography of Mars -- The geography of Mars, shortly -- The interior of Mars -- Mystery No. 1. Why has Mars no magnetic field ? -- Ancient Mars: the Noachian period -- Mystery No. 2: Has Mars ever had a plate tectonics ? -- A tour on Noachian terrains of Mars: Noachis Terra -- The middle period: the Hesperian -- A tour on the Hesperian outflow channels -- The last period: the Amazonian -- Geological formations of Mars -- Part III: Processes at the surface of Mars -- Martian mountains -- The northern lowlands -- Mystery No. 3: What is the origin of the global dichotomy, which divides so sharply the North from the South of Mars? -- The giant impact basins on Mars -- Technical box: Impact cratering on Earth and Mars -- Valles Marineris -- Mistery No. 4: How were the Valles Marineris formed? -- The volcanoes of Mars -- Technical: Volcanic eruptions on Earth and Mars -- Mystery No. 5: Enigmatic mountains and mysterious geological formations (the strange arc of Acheron, the halos of Olympus Mons, Vastitas Borealis and Medusae Fossae formations) -- Part IV: an exhibition of martian images -- Fractures -- Ice-related landforms -- Technical box: Optical images, infrared, radar maps. How data are acquired from remote sensing -- Catastrophic landslides -- Mystery No. 6: Great Ice age on Mars ? -- Morphologies due to wind -- Morphologies due to water -- Mystery No. 7: Was there an ocean on Mars? -- Breathtaking views -- Mystery No. 8: The enigmatic outflow channels -- Part V: The atmosphere, climate and life on Mars -- The atmosphere of Mars -- Dust devils -- The atmosphere of Mars -- The ice caps -- Mystery No. 9: How has the atmosphere of Mars changed? And what happened to the once abundant water ? -- The search for life on Mars -- Martian meteorites -- Mystery No. 10: Is there or was there life on Mars ? -- Ancient civilization on Mars ? -- Upcoming missions to Mars -- How to get to Mars and back -- Colonize Mars ? -- Terraforming -- Technical appendices -- Martian data -- Planitiae, Fossae, Terrae: Nomenclature of planetary geology -- Missions to: past, current, future. 330 $aThis book introduces the reader to the wonders of Mars, covering all aspects from our past perceptions of the planet through to the latest knowledge on its history, its surface processes such as impact cratering, volcano formation, and glaciation, and its atmosphere and climate. In addition, a series of ten intriguing open issues are considered in a more advanced way. These include such thought-provoking questions as What turned off the planet?s magnetic field?, Why are the northern and southern hemispheres so different?, What was the fate of the once abundant water?, and Is there, or was there, life on Mars? Numerous original figures, unavailable elsewhere, reproduce details of images from Viking, CTX, MOC, HiRISE, THEMIS, and HRSC. The book will appeal especially to general readers interested in planetary sciences, astronomy, astrogeology, and space exploration and to students of Earth Sciences and Natural and Environmental Sciences. 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