Giovanni Virginio SchiaparelliMarch 14th, 1835 to July 4th, 1910
A belated birthday to Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli along with "pi" and Albert Einstein. His maps of Mars led Percival Lowell to formulate his "canal" ["canali"] hypothesis of Mars.
Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli
Percival Lowell
Martian canal
Percival Lowell:
Is Mars habitable?: A Critical Examination of Professor Percival Lowell's Book "Mars and Its Canals," with an Alternative Explanation by Alfred Russel Wallace
The Evolution of the Worlds by Percival Lowell
The Solar System: Six Lectures Delivered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in December, 1902
Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli:
"The Rotation and Physical Constitution of the Planet Mercury and the Planet Mars" by Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli
Mars...Percival Lowell's romance with the red planet
Again, thanks for the reminder Sarah. :)
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