{"product_id":"the-martians-david-baron-9781324090663","title":"The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze That Captured Turn-Of-The-Century America","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eTimes\u003c\/em\u003e headline was no joke. In the early 1900s, many Americans \u003cem\u003eactually believed \u003c\/em\u003ethat we had discovered intelligent life on Mars. \u003cem\u003eThe Martians\u003c\/em\u003e--a truly bizarre tale reconstructed through newly discovered clippings, letters, and photographs by bestselling science writer David Baron--begins in the 1890s with Percival Lowell, a wealthy Harvard scion who was so certain of his Mars discovery that he (almost) convinced a generation of astronomers that grainy telescopic photographs of the red planet revealed meltwater and an intricate canal system, declaring \"there can be no doubt that living beings inhabit our neighboring world\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e). So frenzied was the reaction that international controversies arose. Tesla announced he had received Martian radio signals. Biologists debated whether Martians were winged or gilled. Martians headlined Broadway shows, and a new genre called science fiction arose. While Lowell's claims were savagely debunked, his influence sparked a compulsive interest in Mars and life in outer space that continues to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Baron\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1324090669\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324090663\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"David Baron","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46431552438527,"sku":"9781324090663","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_800f39c2-d25a-46b3-857a-4e762d2ed8e1.jpg?v=1735141679","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-martians-david-baron-9781324090663","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}