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The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze That Captured Turn-of-the-Century America
By Baron, David
- ISBN
- 9781324090663
- Publisher
- Norton
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Starred Review on July 1, 2025 | Science & Technology
Decades before Orson Welles's 1938 radio adaptation of H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds triggered a panic among some unsuspecting listeners who thought Martians were invading the Earth, astronomers such as Percival Lowell, Camille Flammarion, and Giovanni Schiaparelli ushered in a cultural fixation on Mars from 1892 to 1916. Science journalist Baron (American Eclipse) explores the fanciful tales surrounding the debate on whe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
