posted 01-04-2007 04:44 PM            

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On Thursday, February 8, 2007 at 7:30p.m., Warwick's bookstore in La Jolla, California is hosting the first American woman in space, astronaut Sally Ride. Dr. Ride will be discussing and signing her newly-revised and updated book, The Mystery of Mars.

In The Mystery of Mars, pioneering astronaut Sally Ride and noted science writer, Tam O'Shaughnessy draw on results from the most recent missions to Mars to present a comprehensive overview of Earth's nearest planetary neighbor. With its thin atmosphere, rocky canyons, extinct volcanoes, and icy polar regions, Mars has many things in common with Earth. Water once flowed over its surface, and there exists the possibility that life may have begun there. Comparing the two planets' evolution, geology, and geography, the authors explain what we know about Mars today - and what we hope to learn about Mars in the future, including whether primitive life does exist somewhere beneath its barren surface.

As well as the in-person signing, Warwick’s is also taking orders for signed books (both domestic and overseas orders) for those who cannot be there in person. This includes the opportunity for limited personalizations.

For more information and to place an order, please contact Susan E. McBeth, Events Coordinator, at (858) 454-0347, or warwicksevents@yahoo.com

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