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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Camille Flammarion (1842-1925) began his career at 16 as a human
computer under the great mathematician U. J. J. Le Verrier at the
Paris Observatory. Â He soon tired of the drudgery; he was
drawn to more romantic vistas, and at 19 wrote a book on an idea
that he was to make his own—the habitability of other worlds.
 There followed a career as France’s greatest popularizer
of astronomy, with over 60 titles to his credit. Â An admirer
granted him a chateau at Juvisy-sur-l’Orge, and he set up a
first-rate observatory dedicated to the study of the planet Mars.
Finally, in 1892, he published his masterpiece, La Planete Mars et
ses conditions d’habitabilite, a comprehensive summary of three
centuries’ worth of literature on Mars, much of it based on his
own personal research into rare memoirs and archives. Â As a
history of that era, it has never been surpassed, and remains one
of a handful of indispensable books on the red planet. Sir Patrick
Moore (1923-2012) needs no introduction; his record of popularizing
astronomy in Britain in the 20th century equaled Flammarion’s in
France in the 19th century. Â Moore pounded out hundreds of
books as well as served as presenter of the BBC’s TV program
“Sky at Night†program for 55 years (a world record).
 Though Moore always insisted that the Moon was his
chef-d’oeuvre, Mars came a close second, and in 1980 he produced
a typescript of Flammarion’s classic.  Unfortunately, even
he found the project too daunting for his publish ers and passed
the torch of keeping the project alive to a friend, the amateur
astronomer and author William Sheehan, in 1993. Widely regarded as
a leading historian of the planet Mars, Â Sheehan has not only
meticulously compared and corrected Moore’s manuscript against
Flammarion’s original so as to produce an authoritative text, he
has  added an important introduction showing the book’s
significance in the history of Mars studies. Â Here results a
book that remains an invaluable resource and is also a literary
tour-de-force, in which the inimitable style of Flammarion has been
rendered in the equally unique style of Moore.
Camille Flammarion (1842-1925) began his career at 16 as a human
computer under the great mathematician U. J. J. Le Verrier at the
Paris Observatory. He soon tired of the drudgery; he was drawn to
more romantic vistas, and at 19 wrote a book on an idea that he was
to make his own-the habitability of other worlds. There followed a
career as France's greatest popularizer of astronomy, with over 60
titles to his credit. An admirer granted him a chateau at
Juvisy-sur-l'Orge, and he set up a first-rate observatory dedicated
to the study of the planet Mars. Finally, in 1892, he published his
masterpiece, La Planete Mars et ses conditions d'habitabilite, a
comprehensive summary of three centuries' worth of literature on
Mars, much of it based on his own personal research into rare
memoirs and archives. As a history of that era, it has never been
surpassed, and remains one of a handful of indispensable books on
the red planet. Sir Patrick Moore (1923-2012) needs no
introduction; his record of popularizing astronomy in Britain in
the 20th century equaled Flammarion's in France in the 19th
century. Moore pounded out hundreds of books as well as served as
presenter of the BBC's TV program "Sky at Night" program for 55
years (a world record). Though Moore always insisted that the Moon
was his chef-d'oeuvre, Mars came a close second, and in 1980 he
produced a typescript of Flammarion's classic. Unfortunately, even
he found the project too daunting for his publish ers and passed
the torch of keeping the project alive to a friend, the amateur
astronomer and author William Sheehan, in 1993. Widely regarded as
a leading historian of the planet Mars, Sheehan has not only
meticulously compared and corrected Moore's manuscript against
Flammarion's original so as to produce an authoritative text, he
has added an important introduction showing the book's significance
in the history of Mars studies. Here results a book that remains an
invaluable resource and is also a literary tour-de-force, in which
the inimitable style of Flammarion has been rendered in the equally
unique style of Moore.
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Travels in the Air
Gaston Tissandier, Camille Flammarion, James Glaisher
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Travels in the Air
Gaston Tissandier, Camille Flammarion, James Glaisher
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