Elizabeth Howell
Author of The Search for Life on Mars: The Greatest Scientific Detective Story of All Time
About the Author
Elizabeth Howell, PHD, is a space and science journalist based in Ottawa, Canada. She covered astronaut launches on two continents, pretended to be a Mars astronaut for two weeks, and recently finished a PhD in Aerospace Sciences. Her love of space began in 1996 after she watched the movie Apollo show more 13 for the first time, but it was Star Trek that got her thin king about the future of space travel and time travel. Read more about her work at elizabethowell.ca. show less
Works by Elizabeth Howell
The Search for Life on Mars: The Greatest Scientific Detective Story of All Time (2020) 27 copies, 2 reviews
The Dissociative Mind in Psychoanalysis: Understanding and Working With Trauma (Relational Perspectives Book Series) (2016) 22 copies
The Science of Time Travel: The Secrets Behind Time Machines, Time Loops, Alternate Realities, and More! (2020) 19 copies, 1 review
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- Gender
- female
- Education
- Carleton University (BA, Journalism)
University of North Dakota - Occupations
- journalist
- Organizations
- Planetary Society
- Short biography
- [from Barnes & Noble website]
Elizabeth Howell, PhD, is one of the few people who has lived on a simulated Mars base. An award-winning journalist, she regularly contributes to Space.com, Forbes, and SkyNews. She witnessed five human space launches—three from Florida and two from Kazakhstan. She also pretended to be a Red Planet astronaut in 2014, on Crew 133 of the Mars Society's Mars Desert Research Station in Utah. Elizabeth holds an undergraduate degree in journalism from Carleton University and two postgraduate degrees in space studies from the University of North Dakota. She lives with her husband in Ottawa, Canada. - Places of residence
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Associated Place (for map)
- Ontario, Canada
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The Search for Life on Mars: The Greatest Scientific Detective Story of All Time by Elizabeth Howell
***.5
There's a lot of history of the various satellites, probes, and rovers that we've sent over the decades to look at Mars from different vantages and perspectives. And an awful lot of geology, dissecting Mars from core to atmosphere, from genesis up to the present. Water, volcanoes, atmosphere, solar radiation, and other factors all contribute to whether the environment is (or was in the past) conducive to life on Mars, and informs our decisions on where and how to look for it. show more
Personally, I found a lot of the history as dry as the Martian regolith. I really don't care which scientist from which lab discovered a particular esoteric feature of a specific rock in a place with an arbitrary name. Just tell me what was found and why I should care. Half of the book should have been relegated to the endnotes and references.
Finally, although it's not the authors fault, the date of publication means that everything pertaining to the Perseverance rover and plucky Ingenuity helicopter is left as speculation. Which makes the entire thing less useful in understanding the current state of knowledge, and renders the book more of a historical curiosity [pun intended]. show less
There's a lot of history of the various satellites, probes, and rovers that we've sent over the decades to look at Mars from different vantages and perspectives. And an awful lot of geology, dissecting Mars from core to atmosphere, from genesis up to the present. Water, volcanoes, atmosphere, solar radiation, and other factors all contribute to whether the environment is (or was in the past) conducive to life on Mars, and informs our decisions on where and how to look for it. show more
Personally, I found a lot of the history as dry as the Martian regolith. I really don't care which scientist from which lab discovered a particular esoteric feature of a specific rock in a place with an arbitrary name. Just tell me what was found and why I should care. Half of the book should have been relegated to the endnotes and references.
Finally, although it's not the authors fault, the date of publication means that everything pertaining to the Perseverance rover and plucky Ingenuity helicopter is left as speculation. Which makes the entire thing less useful in understanding the current state of knowledge, and renders the book more of a historical curiosity [pun intended]. show less
The Search for Life on Mars: The Greatest Scientific Detective Story of All Time by Elizabeth Howell
A well organized, well paced overview of our exploration of Mars so far and a look at what's to come. Some of it was over my head, but overall well explained. I've read several books about the rover missions, and they always seem to leave you hanging once the things land--this was more complete in that regard, though the parts on current and future missions leaves the definite impression that we have our work cut out for us, and some of us aren't going to be around when it's over.
The Science of Time Travel: The Secrets Behind Time Machines, Time Loops, Alternate Realities, and More! by Elizabeth Howell
This was a quick read. And while I certainly enjoyed The Science of Time Travel, I also found that it lacked the depth I was looking for. And I'm a bit dubious about the scholarship that went into this book. However, this is a fun, quick romp through the history of time travel stories in literature and film and the scientific/social/ethical aspects of each time science fiction story explored. This is a fun read, and I did learn information about new scientific concepts, I just think the show more execution could of been a little more in-depth. show less
Lydia Bennet has run off with Wickham, but thankfully they have been found and tomorrow will be their wedding today. Back from a shopping trip Lydia arrives at their Inn in London and finds Wickham dead. Soon she is arrested.
Feel that the book could do with proof reading, and suggestions about the story. For example, why is Lydia still at the Inn and allowed to go shopping on her own.
Feel that the book could do with proof reading, and suggestions about the story. For example, why is Lydia still at the Inn and allowed to go shopping on her own.
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