The Sirens of MarsA talented young planetary scientist charts our centuries old obsession with Mars Winner of the 2021 Whiting Award for Non Fiction. Right now, spacecraft are circling Mars, sweeping over Terra Sabaea, Syrtis Major, the dunes of Elysium and Mare Sirenum on the brink, perhaps, of a discovery that would inspire humankind as much as any in our history. With poetic precision, Sarah Stewart Johnson traces the evocative history of our explorations of Mars,