| 单词 | Percival Lowell |
| 例句 | That seminal event in astronomy was largely to the credit of the astronomer Percival Lowell. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z As the legacy of Percival Lowell reminds us, we can be fooled. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But this is precisely what Percival Lowell, not a hundred years ago, mistakenly proposed was in fact happening on Mars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Three years before The War of the Worlds was published, a Bostonian named Percival Lowell founded a major observatory where the most elaborate claims in support of life on Mars were developed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The first two letters of the name Pluto are the initials of Percival Lowell. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At first glance, the place looks like nothing so much as the canal network that Percival Lowell imagined to adorn Mars, and that, we now know from space vehicle exploration, does not exist at all. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The observing notebooks of Percival Lowell reflect a sustained effort at the telescope over many years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Lowell Observatory, as you will recall, was a bit of an oddity thanks to Percival Lowell’s obsession with Martian canals, which in the 1910s made it, in every sense, an outpost of astronomical endeavor. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z We are all Percival Lowell, our lives subject to the imprint of our own gaze. Up Close and Personal: New Essays From Leslie Jamison 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Overseeing Clyde, Alan and the others in a small intrepid band of Pluto-seekers is Constance Lowell, based on the rich and eccentric widow of famed astronomer Percival Lowell. 'Percival's Planet': Michael Byers' novelistic take on the discovery of Pluto 2010-07-28T22:13:00Z Belief in Martians sprang in large part from a wealthy amateur astronomer, Percival Lowell, who built the observatory that still bears his name. How Wealthy UFO Fans Helped Fuel Fringe Beliefs 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z In 1906, astronomer and businessman Percival Lowell launched a search for "Planet X," a hypothetical giant planet orbiting the sun beyond Neptune. A ‘Captured’ Alien Planet May Be Hiding at the Edge of Our Solar System 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z One of the remarkable globes of Mars prepared by Percival Lowell, showing a network of dozens of canals, oases, and triangular water reservoirs that he claimed were visible on the red planet. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z In 1877, an American astronomer named Percival Lowell looked at Mars and saw something extraordinary: canals, which Lowell thought undoubtedly were a sign of life on the planet. A bizarre Martian rock looks just like coral 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Although there had been extreme claims like Percival Lowell’s “canals” on Mars in the late 1800s and very early 1900s, astronomers of the time largely disagreed with these specific interpretations. Until Recently, People Accepted the 'Fact' of Aliens in the Solar System 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z Schiaparelli’s map went on to inspire the imaginings of Percival Lowell, an influential man with a major-league Mars obsession who believed that the canals were artificial, planet-spanning fingerprints of alien technology. How these feuding map-makers shaped our fascination with Mars 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z There’s Percival Lowell decades later, using his family fortune to build an observatory in Arizona and map Mars through the telescope night after night, hoping to reveal a world teeming with intelligent life. The many roads to the red planet — a memoir 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Constitute your group as the Percival Lowell Memorial Tourist Agency, and come up with a list of not-to-be missed tourist stops on Mars. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z In his studies of the gas giants Uranus and Neptune, Percival Lowell suggested there must be an as-of-yet undiscovered ninth planet to explain the wobbles their orbits. Is Pluto a Planet? 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Percival Lowell, a socialite and astronomer took the notion seriously and proceeded to map what he thought were cities and canals on the planet. Mars Is Frigid, Rusty and Haunted. We Can’t Stop Looking at It. 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Percival Lowell, the astronomer who wrote several books on Mars, at least once experienced a “complete breakdown of the machine.” The Illness and Insight of Robert Lowell 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Plus, the first two letters–P, L—are the initials of the man who started the search: Percival Lowell. On the birthday of Pluto’s discovery, Science takes a look back on the dwarf planet’s long, strange history 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Early in the twentieth century, several astronomers, most notably Percival Lowell, then at the peak of his fame as an advocate of intelligent life on Mars, became interested in searching for this ninth planet. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Science still hadn’t recovered from claims by astronomer Percival Lowell in the early 20th century that he could see canals on Mars, built by enterprising Martians — claims that later proved embarrassingly wrong. If we’re not alone, how will we know? 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z In the late 19th Century, the American astronomer Percival Lowell thought he saw canals on the surface of Mars. Is there life on Mars? - BBC News 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z There are cautionary examples in nearly every branch of Lowell’s family tree of the risks associated with imaginative work, but also of its payouts: Percival Lowell did help discover Pluto, after all. The Illness and Insight of Robert Lowell 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z American businessman and astronomer Percival Lowell popularized the idea, and wrote three books about aliens that likely created the canals to survive on a drying planet. How Our View of Mars Has Changed from Lush Oasis to Arid Desert 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The choice of this name, among hundreds suggested, was helped by the fact that the first two letters were Percival Lowell’s initials. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z American astronomer Percival Lowell championed the idea that Mars was the home of an intelligent civilization and the canals were the proof. Water on Mars? The buildup to Nasa's 'mystery solved' announcement – live 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Bostonian astronomer Percival Lowell devoted the last decade of his life to searching for you, dying unfulfilled. Pluto, we love you. We're sorry that we banished you from our orbit | Luke Holland 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z The search for Pluto began in 1906 when Percival Lowell started a project to find a ninth planet. Aged Technology on Pluto Flyby Probe Won't Cripple Mission 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Astronomer Percival Lowell predicted Pluto’s existence 15 years prior to Tombaugh’s discovery–even charting its approximate location based on the irregularity of Neptune’s orbit. 9 Facts About Pluto You Need to Know 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z They could not have been the “canals” Percival Lowell imagined seeing on the red planet. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z American astronomer Percival Lowell championed the idea that Mars was the home of an intelligent civilization and the canals were the proof. Water on Mars? The buildup to Nasa's 'mystery solved' announcement – live 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z The observatory’s founder, the astronomer Percival Lowell, believed there existed a planet beyond the orbit of Neptune, so Tombaugh’s task was to search among millions of stars for a moving point of light. Why Pluto Still Deserves Our Love 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Tombaugh’s object became known as Pluto, for the Roman god of the underworld, with a nod, in the first two letters, to Percival Lowell. A spacecraft launched in 2006 is about to try for our first good photo of Pluto 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z The job had the added benefit of photographing the night sky in search of a mysterious Planet X that the observatory's founder, Percival Lowell, had plotted before he died in 1916. Arizona home of Pluto discovery dedicates year to icy world 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z American astronomer Percival Lowell, working in the late 1890s, popularized the idea that there were signs of Martian canals on the surface. WWU professor helps craft marching orders for Mars rover 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z Believing is seeing — a concept Percival Lowell would surely understand. Methane on Mars! Maybe. 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Back in 1964, even some respected scientists thought Mars was home to primitive life—if not the intelligent beings that colorful astronomers like Percival Lowell imagined. Half-Century Anniversary of a Mars Mishap 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Most notorious were the canals on Mars, promulgated in the 1890s by the great astronomer Percival Lowell, who saw them as evidence of an ancient civilization struggling to survive on a desert world. On Mars, no proof yet, but scientists’ search for extraterrestrial life continues 2013-09-22T22:16:00Z After graduating, he went to work for the colorful Percival Lowell at his private observatory in Flagstaff. A Giant In Hubble's Shadow 2012-10-03T14:50:25Z A wealthy American writer, Percival Lowell, became fixated with the idea that Martians had built a network of canals to irrigate their parched planet, a conjecture fueled by the publication of H.G. Is Anybody Out There? 2010-04-10T03:18:00Z Back at the dawn of this century, many astronomers, and notably Dr. Percival Lowell, studied certain irregularities in the orbit and motion of Neptune, at that time believed to be the outermost planet. The Secret of the Ninth Planet Gautier, Flaubert, Tennyson, Percival Lowell, Edwin Arnold, Du Maurier, were some that abode with him for a season. Lafcadio Hearn "Treasure Trove," by Henry Cleveland Wood, is a pleasant and urbane bit of light verse; while "Percival Lowell," by Howard Phillips Lovecraft, is an abominably dull elegiac piece of heavy verse. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 The detailed representations of the disk of Venus by Mr. Percival Lowell, showing in some respects a resemblance to the stripings of Mars, can not yet be accepted as decisive. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers Sister of President Lowell of Harvard, and of Percival Lowell, the astronomer. Contemporary American Literature Bibliographies and Study Outlines Venus, 64, 78; recent observations of, by Mr. Percival Lowell, 64. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Percival Lowell's "Soul of the Far East" had enormously impressed him, even in America before he went to Japan; but there is not a sentence akin to Lowell in "Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan." Lafcadio Hearn As with Mercury, several other observers have corroborated him, and particularly Percival Lowell in this country. Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries Percival Lowell maintains that the diverse manifestations of the spirit of those countries can only be understood if regarded from the standpoint of absolute impersonality. The Evolution of Love The Lowells traced their descent from Percival Lowell,—a name which survives in the family,—of Bristol, England, who settled in Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1639. The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; With a Biographical Sketch and Notes, a Portrait and Other Illustrations Recent observations on Venus made by Mr. Percival Lowell appear to show that the previous determinations of the rotation of that planet, as well as regards its cloud wrap, are in error. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography A book by Percival Lowell, entitled "The Soul of the Far East," had just appeared. Lafcadio Hearn Mr. Percival Lowell has said that "Sense may not be vital to religion, but incense is." Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic It was the weakness indicated by Percival Lowell in his Soul of the Far East, a book of which the consummate genius cannot be justly estimated without some personal knowledge of the Far East. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Her eldest brother, nineteen years older than she, was the late Percival Lowell, a scientific astronomer with a poetic imagination; he was one of the most interesting and charming personalities I ever knew. The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century Mr. Percival Lowell has truthfully observed that the Japanese speak backwards, read backwards, write backwards,—and that this is "only the abc of their contrariety." Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation Mr. Percival Lowell states that the root of all the peculiarities of Oriental peoples is their marked lack of imagination. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Percival Lowell also, as we have seen, makes light of Japanese religion. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic In his brilliant but fallacious volume, entitled "The Soul of the Far East," Mr. Percival Lowell states that the Japanese do not "fall in love." Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Mr. Percival Lowell has made a careful philosophical effort to discover the essential psychic nature of the Orient. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic |
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