From: MagnificentUniverse@yyyyy.com   
      
   Magnificent Mars:  Ken Croswell speaks in Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver.   
      
   In the biggest, most lavishly elegant book about Mars ever published, the   
   author and astronomer behind Magnificent Universe takes readers on a   
   spectacular pictorial voyage to the planet that has captured humankind's   
   imagination for thousands of years.  Exploration of the planet Mars has   
   always posed the question "Are we alone?"  As the most earthly planet in the   
   solar system, Mars has long offered the prospect of another living world   
   near Earth.  Recent spacecraft have painted a picture of a world long ago   
   that may have been very similar to ours, a key reason for NASA's two   
   landings on Mars just after Christmas.  Dr. Croswell explores both modern   
   and ancient Mars, and by using the four elements--Earth, Air, Fire, and   
   Water--unifies the two very different versions of Mars.  It's informative,   
   impressive--and it's full of color images from the Hubble Space Telescope,   
   that have never appeared in any book, it's a one-of-a-kind guide to the red   
   planet.   
      
   November 17:  Portland OR at OMSI   
   November 19:  Seattle WA at UW   
   November 22:  Seattle WA at Pacific Science Center   
   November 25:  Vancouver BC at H.R. Macmillan Science Centre   
      
   For details, see http://KenCroswell.com and click "Talks."  Other cities:   
   Boston (tentative), New York, Philadelphia, Toronto (tentative), Cleveland,   
   Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Dallas, Salt Lake   
   City, Los Angeles, San Francisco.   
      
   Correct email:  MagnificentUniverse "at" yahoo "dot" com   
      
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