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Prolific Italian astronomer whose research ranged widely but whose name is forever associated with Mars, and the controversy over the Martian “canals” which, unwittingly, he helped to unleash…[more<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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