The surface of Mars (Yale planetary exploration series)

by Michael H. Carr

Book Overview

Our knowledge of Mars has grown enormously over the last decade as a result of the Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, Mars Express, and the two Mars Rover missions. This book is a systematic summary... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300027508
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

20 Yrs Later, Still the Best Mars Reference

20 years after publication, "The Surface of Mars" is still the absolute best starting point for anyone interested in learning the basics about what Mars is like. Chapters describe the channels, craters, volcanoes, history, moons, etc. as best as these topics were understood at the end of the 1970s Viking missions. Even after Pathfinder and with Mars Global Surveyor, this is still the book I suggest people start with to learn about the Red Planet.