The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze That Captured Turn-Of-The-Century America by Baron, David
The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze That Captured Turn-Of-The-Century America by Baron, David

The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze That Captured Turn-Of-The-Century America

The Times headline was no joke. In the early 1900s, many Americans actually believed that we had...
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Author: David Baron
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The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze That Captured Turn-Of-The-Century America by Baron, David

The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze That Captured Turn-Of-The-Century America

$414.16
The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze That Captured Turn-Of-The-Century America by Baron, David

The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze That Captured Turn-Of-The-Century America

$414.16
Author: David Baron
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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The Times headline was no joke. In the early 1900s, many Americans actually believed that we had discovered intelligent life on Mars. The Martians--a truly bizarre tale reconstructed through newly discovered clippings, letters, and photographs by bestselling science writer David Baron--begins in the 1890s with Percival Lowell, a wealthy Harvard scion who was so certain of his Mars discovery that he (almost) convinced a generation of astronomers that grainy telescopic photographs of the red planet revealed meltwater and an intricate canal system, declaring "there can be no doubt that living beings inhabit our neighboring world" (New York Times). So frenzied was the reaction that international controversies arose. Tesla announced he had received Martian radio signals. Biologists debated whether Martians were winged or gilled. Martians headlined Broadway shows, and a new genre called science fiction arose. While Lowell's claims were savagely debunked, his influence sparked a compulsive interest in Mars and life in outer space that continues to this day.



Author: David Baron
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Published: 08/26/2025
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781324090663
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