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The Search for Life on Mars

THE SEARCH FOR LIFE ON MARS, Edited by Julian A. Hiscox, 1999, 112p., The British Interplanetary Society, Soft Cover $37.00

This book includes the following chapters:

(1) Life on Mars - A Historical Perspective, Richard L. S. Taylor;

(2) The Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth and its Possible Relevance to Mars, Julian A. Hiscox;

(3) On the Inevitable Emergence of Life on Mars, Michael J. Russell and A. J. Hall;

(4) Life in Extreme Thermal Environments: implications for Exobiology, Don A. Cowan;

(5) Antarctica as a Model for Ancient Mars, David D. Wynn-Williams;

(6) Implementing a Strategy to Explore for Ancient Martian Life, Jack D. Farmer;

(7) Artesian Basins on Mars: Implications for Settlement, Life-Search and Terraforming, Martyn J. Fogg;

(8) Atmospheric Change and Life on Mars, B. Lee Lindner;

(9) The Search for Life in Allan Hills 84001, Monica M. Grady, Ian P. Wright, Colin T. Pillinger;

(10) Application of Raman Spectroscopy to Exobiological Prospecting, Howell G.M. Edwards, Emma M. Newton;

(11) An Experimental Investigation into the Present-Day Climate of Mars: The PMIRR Experiment on the Mars Climate Orbiter, Fred W. Taylor, S. B. Calcutt, T. Vellacott;

(12) Low Cost Missions Using Ion Propulsion, David G. Fearn;

(13) Is it Life or is it Memorex? Why Humans Are Essential for Scientific Research on Mars, Penny J. Boston.