Best of
Planetary-Science

1985

The Great Devonian Controversy: The Shaping of Scientific Knowledge among Gentlemanly Specialists


Martin J.S. Rudwick - 1985
    Oldroyd, Science"After a superficial first glance, most readers of good will and broad knowledge might dismiss [this book] as being too much about too little. They would be making one of the biggest mistakes in their intellectual lives. . . . [It] could become one of our century's key documents in understanding science and its history."—Stephen Jay Gould, New York Review of Books"Surely one of the most important studies in the history of science of recent years, and arguably the best work to date in the history of geology."—David R. Oldroyd, Science

The Mars One Crew Manual


Kerry Mark Joels - 1985
    It is humanity's greatest dream - to visit another planet!This is your complete training manual. You will use it for every aspect of your trip - from your journey by Space Shuttle to the orbiting space station where your spacecraft will be built to the magnificent day when you reach Candor Chasma, a huge valley near the martian equator. An operating manual that describes the staggering equipment your spacecraft can carry, your book also contains hundreds of diagrams, maps, illustrations, charts, and a fold-out full topographic map of the martian surface. Your trip will take almost two year - and you will be making history every minute!Now it's on to Mars!United NationsMars Exploration Authority