Is Mars Habitable?

About this film

Librivox recording of Is Mars Habitable? by Alfred Russel Wallace. Read by Caliban In 1907 Wallace wrote the short book Is Mars Habitable? to criticize the claims made by Percival Lowell that there were Martian canals built by intelligent beings. Wallace did months of research, consulted various experts, and produced his own scientific analysis of the Martian climate and atmospheric conditions. Among other things Wallace pointed out that spectroscopic analysis had shown no signs of water vapor in the Martian atmosphere, that Lowell's analysis of Mars' climate was seriously flawed and badly overestimated the surface temperature, and that low atmospheric pressure would make liquid water, let alone a planet girding irrigation system, impossible. (from Wikipedia) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats or languages (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org . Download M4B (21MB)

Directors & creators

Alfred Russel Wallace

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks; Mars; Percival Lowell; Wallace; Martian canals; life on Mars; temperature of Mars

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