Mars and Its Canals, by Percival Lowell, Part 3
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep
Sharon Handy
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🗓️ 8 April 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Let’s return to this sleep-inducing exploration, and speculation, about the Red Planet. This time, we learn about seasonal fluctuations of the poles and how they do or don’t mirror our own. Which is exactly as interesting as it sounds.
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening and thank you for joining me for another boring books for bedtime. |
| 0:08.0 | I hope tonight selection provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you get some sleep. |
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| 1:19.0 | Now, let's read and relax. |
| 1:25.0 | Find a comfortable spot. |
| 1:29.0 | Adjust your volume. |
| 1:32.0 | Take a nice deep breath in. Let it out slowly. |
| 1:43.8 | And off we go. |
| 1:47.2 | Tonight, let's continue with a very interesting astronomical book. Mars and its canals by Percival Lowell |
| 1:57.9 | director of the observatory at Flagstaff Arizona |
| 2:02.2 | non-resident professor of astronomy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, |
| 2:09.2 | fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, etc. |
| 2:15.0 | First published in 1906 by the McMillan Company, New York and London. |
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