Mars

by Patrick Moore

Book by Moore, Patrick

Genres: Science, Astronomy, Nonfiction, Space

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author with this name.

Sir Alfred Patrick Caldwell-Moore, CBE, Hon FRS, FRAS, known as Patrick Moore, was an English amateur astronomer, who is the most well known English promoter of astronomy. Moore wrote numerous books on the subject, as well as make public, television and radio appearances, over the course of his long life. He is credited as having done more than any other to raise the profile of astronomy among the British general public.

Reviews

[Christopher]

An overview of Mars and our history of exploring the planet, presented by Sir Patrick Moore, astronomer and longtime host of the BBC's The Sky at Night. It reads like a sort of accumulation of all the knowledge Moore had gained over the years about the planet.