{"product_id":"2940015494938","title":"ARE THE PLANETS INHABITED?","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER                                           PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I. THE QUESTION STATED                            1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    II. THE LIVING ORGANISM                            6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   III. THE SUN                                       20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    IV. THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ELEMENTS IN SPACE     33\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     V. THE MOON                                      43\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    VI. THE CANALS OF MARS                            57\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VII. THE CONDITION OF MARS                         71\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VIII. THE ILLUSIONS OF MARS                         96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    IX. VENUS, MERCURY AND THE ASTEROIDS             111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     X. THE MAJOR PLANETS                            122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XI. WHEN THE MAJOR PLANETS COOL                  133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XII. THE FINAL QUESTION                           143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        INDEX                                        163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eARE THE PLANETS INHABITED?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE QUESTION STATED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first thought that men had concerning the heavenly bodies was an\u003cbr\u003eobvious one: they were lights. There was a greater light to rule the day;\u003cbr\u003ea lesser light to rule the night; and there were the stars also.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn those days there seemed an immense difference between the earth upon\u003cbr\u003ewhich men stood, and the bright objects that shone down upon it from the\u003cbr\u003eheavens above. The earth seemed to be vast, dark, and motionless; the\u003cbr\u003ecelestial lights seemed to be small, and moved, and shone. The earth was\u003cbr\u003ethen regarded as the fixed centre of the universe, but the Copernican\u003cbr\u003etheory has since deprived it of this pride of place. Yet from another\u003cbr\u003epoint of view the new conception of its position involves a promotion,\u003cbr\u003esince the earth itself is now regarded as a heavenly body of the same\u003cbr\u003eorder as some of those which shine down upon us. It is amongst them, and\u003cbr\u003eit too moves and shines--shines, as some of them do, by reflecting the\u003cbr\u003elight of the sun. Could we transport ourselves to a neighbouring world,\u003cbr\u003ethe earth would seem a star, not distinguishable in kind from the rest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as men realized this, they began to ask: \"Since this world from a\u003cbr\u003edistant standpoint must appear as a star, would not a star, if we could\u003cbr\u003eget near enough to it, show itself also as a world? This world teems with\u003cbr\u003elife; above all, it is the home of human life. Men and women, gifted with\u003cbr\u003efeeling, intelligence, and character, look upward from its surface and\u003cbr\u003ewatch the shining members of the heavenly host. Are none of these the home\u003cbr\u003eof beings gifted with like powers, who watch in their turn the movements\u003cbr\u003eof that shining point which is our world?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the meaning of the controversy on the Plurality of Worlds which\u003cbr\u003eexcited so much interest some sixty years ago, and has been with us more\u003cbr\u003eor less ever since. It is the desire to recognize the presence in the orbs\u003cbr\u003earound us of beings like ourselves, possessed of personality and\u003cbr\u003eintelligence, lodged in an organic body.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157686534384,"sku":"2940015494938","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015494938","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}