Part 1 of Essay
The focus of this research is to assign a Kuhnian perspective to the possibility of terraforming one of Earth's neighboring, terrestrial planets. I decided to utilize "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" by Thomas Kuhn, as a primary source because Kuhn offers a precise evaluation of historic scientific innovation wi ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... of an aquatic medium, a terrestrial plateau and celestial ether that is conducive to human respiration. There are two planets from which to choose: Mars and Venus. Martyn J. Fogg authored what is regarded as a textbook of the future called Terraforming: Engineering Planetary Environments. I have chosen Fogg's book as my second primary source because it is the only book of its kind that addresses the question of terraforming in a non- science fiction context. The successful terraformation of a planet requires ....