Project Gutenberg 2006-05-22 Public domain in the USA. 82 Serviss, Garrett Putman 1851 1929 Serviss, Garrett P. (Garrett Putman) Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries Reading ease score: 54.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. E-text prepared by Suzanne Lybarger, Brian Janes, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Other Worlds" by Garrett Putman Serviss is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The book explores the nature and possibilities of extraterrestrial worlds and their inhabitants in light of contemporary discoveries in astronomy. Serviss aims to merge human interest with scientific inquiry, discussing not only the facts about planets such as Mars and Venus but also the implications concerning the potential for life beyond Earth. The opening of the book sets the tone for an imaginative yet factual exploration of other worlds. Serviss describes the growing interest among both the public and scientists regarding the existence of life on other planets, especially Mars, which has been a focal point of speculation since its peculiar surface markings were first observed. He captures the evolution of thought surrounding interplanetary communication and presents the case for considering the similarities and differences between Earth and its celestial neighbors. An emphasis is placed on understanding the conditions that might support life, with thoughts on what inhabitants of these worlds might perceive during their own cosmic existences. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Astronomy Planets QB Text Science Fiction Astronomy Browsing: Science - Astronomy Browsing: Science - General Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 400884 400675 2024-10-08T07:50:54.988286 2023-09-08T09:29:24.438615 text/html text/html 398278 2006-05-22T12:06:27 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1194373 2020-12-14T00:51:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1231133 2024-10-08T07:51:05.271202 application/epub+zip 1230109 2024-10-08T07:50:58.542250 application/epub+zip 208890 2024-10-08T07:50:56.956248 application/epub+zip 1393375 2024-10-08T07:51:10.097203 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1356874 2024-10-08T07:51:03.896226 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 342725 2022-09-09T03:39:31.478532 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 334185 334090 2024-10-08T07:50:53.926271 2023-09-08T09:29:23.563626 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 333935 2020-12-14T00:51:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 119966 2020-12-14T00:51:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 334151 2020-12-14T00:51:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 119943 2020-12-14T00:51:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22293 2024-10-08T07:51:10.250165 application/rdf+xml 11565 2024-10-08T07:50:57.542259 image/jpeg 3152 2024-10-08T07:50:57.246244 image/jpeg 1303662 2024-10-08T07:50:55.073254 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia