A century ago, many thought Mars was scored by a canal system constructed by an advanced civilization - an idea championed by astronomer Percival Lowell. Why? How did an astronomer come to this conclusion? Today we explore the canal phenomenon and discuss why it's a crucial allegory from history - pertinent now more than ever. Written & presented by Prof David Kipping.
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::References::
► Lowell, P., 1895, "Mars", Houghton, Mifflin and Co., MA
► Lowell, P., 1906, "Mars and Its Canals", The Macmillian Company, NY
► Lowell, P., 1908, "Mars As the Abode of Life", The Macmillian Company, NY
► Sheehan, W., 1997, "Giovanni Schiaparelli: Visions of a colour blind astronomer", JBAA, 107, 11: [ Ссылка ]
► Lowell, A. L., 1935, "Biography of Percival Lowell", The Macmillian Company, NY
► Dollfus, A., 1909, "The first Pic du Midi photographs of Mars", l'Astronomie, 2009, 27: [ Ссылка ]
► Sheehan, W., 1988, "Planets and Perception: Telescopic Views and Interpretations, 1609-1909", University of Arizona Press, AZ
► Rosenthal & Fode, 1963, "The effect of experimenter bias on the performance of the albino rat", Syst. Res., 8, 183: [ Ссылка ]
► Evans & Maunder, 1903, "Experiments as to the actuality of the Canals observed on Mars", MNRAS, 63, 488: [ Ссылка ]
► Van de Kamp, P., 1969, "Alternate dynamical analysis of Barnard's star", AJ, 74, 757: [ Ссылка ]
► Gatewood & Eichhorn, 1973, "An unsuccessful search for a planetary companion of Barnard's star BD +4 3561", AJ, 78, 769: [ Ссылка ]
► Bailes, Lyne, & Shemar, 1991, "A planet orbiting the neutron star PSR1829-10", Nature, 352, 311: [ Ссылка ]
► Bailes, M., Lyne, A. & Shemar, S., 1991, "A planet orbiting the neutron star PSR1829-10", Nature, 352, 311: [ Ссылка ]
► Wolszczan, A. & Frail, D., 1992, "A planetary system around the millisecond pulsar PSR1257 + 12", Nature, 355, 145: [ Ссылка ]
::Music::
Music licensed by SoundStripe.com (SS) [shorturl.at/ptBHI], or via Creative Commons (CC) Attribution License ([ Ссылка ]), or with permission from the artist
► "A Fog Slowly Lifting" @ 0:00 & 22:34 (unreleased), "My Unbelief" @ 8:13 ([ Ссылка ]), "Fragmented" @ 18:35 ([ Ссылка ]), "Lost in Wandering" @ 28:02 ([ Ссылка ] & [ Ссылка ]) are by Hill, with permission by the artist, see: [ Ссылка ], [ Ссылка ] & [ Ссылка ]
► "Void" @ 1:40 and "Trace Correction" @ 30:16 are by Indive, licensed under a CC Attribution license: [ Ссылка ]
► "The Sun is Scheduled to Come Out Tomorrow" @ 3:56, "Stories About the World That Once Was" @ 11:17, "Cylinder Five" @ 15:29 and "Cylinder Six" @ 26:48 are by Chris Zabriskie licensed under a CC Attribution license: [ Ссылка ]
► "Painted Deserts" @ 24:55 by Shimmer licensed via SS
::Chapters::
0:00 Prologue
1:40 Perseverance
3:57 The Allure of Aliens
8:13 Lowellian Mars
15:29 Gestalt Reconfiguration
18:35 A-Priori
22:34 Stubborn Heart
26:48 Vigilance
30:16 Credits
Thumbnail by Joe Keller/Daily Paintworks: www.pinterest.com/pin/376121006355076051/
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