- Title Pages
- Dedication
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER ONE Trio of Ideas
- CHAPTER TWO Life on the Moon
- CHAPTER THREE From the Moon to the Planets
- CHAPTER FOUR The Ascension of Mars
- CHAPTER FIVE Percival Lowell
- CHAPTER SIX Mars Unveiled
- CHAPTER SEVEN Carl Sagan
- CHAPTER EIGHT Life in an Expanding Universe
- CHAPTER NINE The Trajectory
- CHAPTER TEN Mirror Worlds
- CHAPTER ELEVEN Afterword
- CHAPTER 1
- CHAPTER 2
- CHAPTER 3
- CHAPTER 4
- CHAPTER 5
- CHAPTER 6
- CHAPTER 7
- CHAPTER 8
- CHAPTER 9
- CHAPTER 10
- CHAPTER 11
- INDEX
Life on the Moon
Life on the Moon
- Chapter:
- (p.17) CHAPTER TWO Life on the Moon
- Source:
- Civilized Life in the Universe
- Author(s):
George Basalla
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Life on the Moon — an old notion — was revived by the astronomical work of Nicolaus Copernicus in the 16th century and the invention of the optical telescope in the early 17th century. Galileo Galilei reluctantly, and Johannes Kepler enthusiastically and in great detail, described lunar life and society using data collected by telescopic observation. Renewed interest in the Moon led to the making of the first detailed lunar maps.
Keywords: Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, lunar life, lunar maps, Moon, telescope
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER ONE Trio of Ideas
- CHAPTER TWO Life on the Moon
- CHAPTER THREE From the Moon to the Planets
- CHAPTER FOUR The Ascension of Mars
- CHAPTER FIVE Percival Lowell
- CHAPTER SIX Mars Unveiled
- CHAPTER SEVEN Carl Sagan
- CHAPTER EIGHT Life in an Expanding Universe
- CHAPTER NINE The Trajectory
- CHAPTER TEN Mirror Worlds
- CHAPTER ELEVEN Afterword
- CHAPTER 1
- CHAPTER 2
- CHAPTER 3
- CHAPTER 4
- CHAPTER 5
- CHAPTER 6
- CHAPTER 7
- CHAPTER 8
- CHAPTER 9
- CHAPTER 10
- CHAPTER 11
- INDEX