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Lumen was first published by Camille Flammarion (1842-1925) in 1872
as part of the Stories of Infinity collection. Flammarion was a
well-known French astronomer, writer and highly successful
popularizer of science during the late 19th century.
This famous novel, written in the form of a philosophical dialogue,
features a cosmic spirit named Lumen who reveals the scientific
wonders of the celestial universe to Quaerens, a young seeker of
knowledge. Within its pages, the author mixes empirical
observations about the nature and speed of light with vivid
speculations about such diverse subjects as reincarnation, time
travel, the reversibility of history and the ecospheres of alien
planets. Lumen is one of the first science fiction novels to
include detailed descriptions of alien life forms and the first to
imagine (30 years before Einstein's theory of relativity) the
differences in perception that might result from traveling at
velocities close to and beyond the speed of light.
This Wesleyan edition is the first English translation of the
original French text in over a hundred years. The volume includes
notes, appendices and a critical introduction.
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