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Science 11 March 2005:
Vol. 307. no. 5715, p. 1564
DOI: 10.1126/science.1106858
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A Blue View of the Red Planet

A review by Victoria E. Hamilton

Mars A Warmer, Wetter Planet
by Jeffrey S. Kargel
Springer, New York, and Praxis, Chichester, UK, 2004. 603 pp. Paper, $34.95, £20. ISBN 1-85233-568-8.

The author's Scientific American-level discussion of ice, water, climate, and life on Mars past, present, and future also considers human exploration and strategies for settlement by "living off the land."
The reviewer is at the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii, 2525 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. E-mail: hamilton{at}higp.hawaii.edu

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