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When Bernard de Fontenelle published the first edition of his
Entretiens sur la Pluralite des Mondes in 1686, it was an immediate
success. In an age when women, even those from the richest and most
distinguished families, received little or no formal education, it
offered an entertaining and accessible introduction to astronomy
and some of the burning topics of the day. Does the earth really go
around the sun? Are there other inhabited planets out there? If so,
are the inhabitants like us or quite different? Is the moon itself
inhabited? Is even the sun inhabited? Are there volcanoes on the
moon? How hot is mercury? How long is a Venusian day? Will flying
machines one day take us to the moon? Providing new notes, some
illustrations and an introduction, this new Tiger of the Stripe
edition is based on the 1808 edition of Elizabeth Gunning's
translation, retaining the charm which was so essential for the
book's success. Miss Gunning, a beautiful and talented novelist
with a rather racy personal life, drew on an annotated French
edition by the distinguished French astronomer, Jerome de Lalande.
This edition thus offers an interesting accretion of ideas, ranging
from Fontenelle's 1686 edition and later revisions, Lalande's
(sometimes rather critical) comments, Gunning's appropriately
flowery translation, and our own explanations for the modern
reader. It is, without doubt, a little gem.
This Book Is In Dutch. Due to the very old age and scarcity of this
book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of
the original text.
This Book Is In Dutch. Due to the very old age and scarcity of this
book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of
the original text.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
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++++ Histoire Des Mathematiques, Volume 3; Histoire Des
Mathematiques; Jean Etienne Montucla Jean etienne Montucla, Joseph
Jerome Le Francais de Lalande Henri Agasse, 1802
This Book Is In Dutch. Due to the very old age and scarcity of this
book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of
the original text.
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