Matthew Shindell contrasts Islamic scientific advancements with European views, highlighting how Dante Alighieri reinterpreted Mars in the Divine Comedy as a symbol of fortitude and martyrdom.

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Matthew Shindell contrasts Islamic scientific advancements with European views, highlighting how Dante Alighierireinterpreted Mars in the Divine Comedy as a symbol of fortitude and martyrdom.

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Matthew Shindell discusses the Scientific Revolution, nineteenth-century theories about Martian canals by Schiaparelli and Lowell, and H.G. Wells using Mars to satirize British imperialism.

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