Mars: a tour of the human imagination/ (Record no. 167574)
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| fixed length control field | 01197cam a22002894a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0275987191 (alk. paper) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 523.43 |
| Item number | RAB/M |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Rabkin, Eric S. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Mars: a tour of the human imagination/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Eric S. Rabkin. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Westport, Conn. : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Praeger Publishers, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2005. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiv, 208 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Red light in the black sky -- Starry night -- Ancient Egypt : Har Decher -- The idealized solar system -- What was a planet? -- Mesopotamia : Nergal -- Ancient Greece : Ares -- Ancient Rome : Mars -- The sunset of Mars -- Changes in Venus -- Metaphorical Mars -- Ptolemy -- The observation of the planets -- Astrological symbols -- Days of the week -- Alchemy -- The Mars symbol -- Nicolaus Copernicus: Reorganizing the universe -- Johannes Kepler : Putting Mars in its place -- Galileo Galilei : Questions of authority -- Evangelista Torricelli : How space became empty -- Christian Huygens : Other earths? -- Giovanni Cassini : Very, very carefully -- Isaac Newton : One big universe -- Mars on their minds -- Jonathan Swift : Imaginary travels -- William Herschel : Stars and Mars -- The solar system today -- Asaph Hall : The sons of Mars -- Giovanni Schiaparelli : Gaining in translation -- Camille Flammarion : Astrophile extraordinaire -- Percival Lowell : A glorious obsession -- Percival Lowell : Mapping Mars and Martians -- H.G. Wells : The War of the Worlds -- H.G. Wells : Another view from Mars -- A world ready to believe -- Mark Wicks : A Lowellian utopia -- Edgar Rice Burroughs : Mars and America -- Mars: The bar from barsoom -- Dead Mars? -- Orson Welles : The War of the Worlds broadcast -- Marvin the Martian : Playing With Aliens 200 Ray Bradbury: An American Fairyland 202 George Pal: The War of the Worlds again 208 Spacecraft: Us v. them -- Off to camp -- Chemosphere -- Robert A. Heinlein : The Martian savior -- Enter NASA -- My favorite Martian -- The age of Aquarius -- The face on Mars -- Mars attacks! -- Leaving earth behind -- Mars today -- Phobos and deimos today -- Men are from Mars ... -- The NASA fication of Mars -- Mars : The eighth continent -- Marscape -- Terraforming Mars -- Red rover -- Water on Mars -- Land of spirit and opportunity -- August, 2003 266 -- The beagle hasn't landed -- A-roving we will go. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Science fiction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Science in popular culture. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Mars (Planet) |
| General subdivision | Exploration. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 523.43 RAB/M | P22512 | 17/10/2018 | 17/10/2018 | General Books |