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Author : Camille Flammarion
Publisher : Mundus Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Astronomy for Amateurs written by Camille Flammarion and published by Mundus Publishing. This book was released on 1904 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Camille Flammarion
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 732 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Popular Astronomy written by Camille Flammarion and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Camille Flammarion
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Flammarion Book of Astronomy written by Camille Flammarion and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bk. I: The earth. The earth in the heavens -- How the earth rotates round itself and revolves around the sun -- How the earth revolves round the sun -- the fourth motion of the earth -- Perturbations of the earth and motion of the sun in space -- Theoretical and experimental proofs of the motions of our globe -- The earth as a planet -- The earth and its origins -- bk. II: The moon. The earth's satellite -- The phases of the moon -- The motion of the moon around the earth -- The moon's effects on the earth -- Physics of the moon -- Eclipses -- bk. III: The sun. The sun's empire -- How the distance, size and mass of the sun are measured -- Survey of solar physics -- The photosphere -- Atoms and spectrographs -- The message of the solar spectrum -- Eclipses of the sun -- The chromosphere and prominences -- The corona -- The sun and the earth -- Inside the sun.
Author : Camille Flammarion
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465574387
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)
Download or read book Astronomy for Amateurs written by Camille Flammarion and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Science of Astronomy is sublime and beautiful. Noble, elevating, consoling, divine, it gives us wings, and bears us through Infinitude. In these ethereal regions all is pure, luminous, and splendid. Dreams of the Ideal, even of the Inaccessible, weave their subtle spells upon us. The imagination soars aloft, and aspires to the sources of Eternal Beauty. What greater delight can be conceived, on a fine spring evening, at the hour when the crescent moon is shining in the West amid the last glimmer of twilight, than the contemplation of that grand and silent spectacle of the stars stepping forth in sequence in the vast Heavens? All sounds of life die out upon the earth, the last notes of the sleepy birds have sunk away, the Angelus of the church hard by has rung the close of day. But if life is arrested around us, we may seek it in the Heavens. These incandescing orbs are so many points of interrogation suspended above our heads in the inaccessible depths of space.... Gradually they multiply. There is Venus, the white star of the shepherd. There Mars, the little celestial world so near our own. There the giant Jupiter. The seven stars of the Great Bear seem to point out the pole, while they slowly revolve around it.... What is this nebulous light that blanches the darkness of the heavens, and traverses the constellations like a celestial path? It is the Galaxy, the Milky Way, composed of millions on millions of suns!... The darkness is profound, the abyss immense.... See! Yonder a shooting star glides silently across the sky, and disappears!... Who can remain insensible to this magic spectacle of the starry Heavens? Where is the mind that is not attracted to these enigmas? The intelligence of the amateur, the feminine, no less than the more material and prosaic masculine mind, is well adapted to the consideration of astronomical problems. Women, indeed, are naturally predisposed to these contemplative studies. And the part they are called to play in the education of our children is so vast, and so important, that the elements of Astronomy might well be taught by the young mother herself to the budding minds that are curious about every issue—whose first impressions are so keen and so enduring.
Author : Camille Flammarion
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Astronomy written by Camille Flammarion and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Camille Flammarion
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book Astronomical Myths written by Camille Flammarion and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book which is here presented to the public is founded upon a French work by M. Flammarion which has enjoyed considerable popularity. It contained a number of interesting accounts of the various ideas, sometimes mythical, sometimes intended to be serious, that had been entertained concerning the heavenly bodies and our own earth; with a popular history of the earliest commencement of astronomy among several ancient peoples. It was originally written in the form of conversations between the members of an imaginary party at the seaside. It was thought that this style would hardly be so much appreciated by English as by French readers, and therefore in presenting the materials of the French author in an English dress the conversational form has been abandoned. Several facts of extreme interest in relation to the early astronomical myths and the development of the science among the ancients having been brought to light, especially by the research of Mr. Haliburton, a considerable amount of new matter, including the whole chapter on the Pleiades, has been introduced, which makes the present issue, not exactly a translation, but rather a book founded on the French author's work. It is hoped that it may be found of interest to those who care to know about the early days of the oldest of our sciences, which is now attracting general attention again by the magnitude of its recent advances. Astronomy also, in its early days, as will be seen by a perusal of this book, was so mixed up with all the affairs of life, and contributed so much even to religion, that a history of its beginnings is found to reveal the origin of several of our ideas and habits, now apparently quite unconnected with the science. There is a matter of interest here, therefore, for those who wish to know only the history of the general ideas of mankind.
Author : Camille Flammarion
Publisher : Mundus Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Astronomy for Amateurs written by Camille Flammarion and published by Mundus Publishing. This book was released on 1904 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Camille Flammarion
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781020457647
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (576 download)
Download or read book Astronomy written by Camille Flammarion and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this seminal work, Camille Flammarion presents an overview of the field of astronomy, providing a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the mysteries of the universe. From the formation of stars to the structure of galaxies, this book is an essential guide to the wonders of the cosmos. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Camille Flammarion
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465610073
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (656 download)
Download or read book Lumen written by Camille Flammarion and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quærens. You promised, dear Lumen, to describe to me that supremest of moments which immediately succeeds death, and to relate to me how, by a natural law, singular though it may seem, you lived again your past life, and penetrated a hitherto-unrevealed mystery. Lumen. Yes, my old friend, I will now keep my word; and I trust that, thanks to the life-long communion of our souls, you will be able to understand the phenomenon you deem so strange. There are many conceptions which a mortal mind finds difficult to grasp. Death, which has delivered me from the weak and easily-tired senses of the body, has not yet touched you with its liberating hand; you still belong to the living world, and in spite of your isolation in this retreat of yours amid the royal towers of the Faubourg St. Jaques, you still belong to the life of Earth, and are occupied with its petty distinctions. You must not, therefore, be surprised if, whilst I am explaining to you this mystery, I beg of you to isolate yourself still further from outer things, and to give me the mostfixed attention of which your mind is capable. Quærens. My one desire is to listen to your revelations; speak, therefore, without fear and to the point, and deign to acquaint me with those impressions, as yet to me unknown, which are experienced upon the cessation of life. Lumen. From what point do you wish me to begin my recital? Quærens. If you can recall it, I shall be pleased if you will begin at the moment when my trembling hands closed your eyes. Lumen. The separation of the thinking principle from the nervous system leaves no remembrance. It is as though the impressions made upon the brain which constitute memory were entirely effaced, to be renewed afterwards in another form. The first sensation of identity felt after death resembles that which is felt during life on awakening in the morning, when still confused with the visions of the night, the mind, wavering between the past and the future, endeavours to recover itself, and at the same time to retain the vanishing dreams, the pictures and events of which are still passing before it. At times when thus absorbed in the recollection of a delightful dream, the eyelids close, and in a half slumber the visions reappear. It is thus that our thinking faculty is divided at death, between a reality that it does not yet comprehend and a dream which has completely disappeared. The most conflicting impressions mingle in and confuse the mind, and if, overwhelmed by perishable feelings, a regret comes into the mind for the world that has been left behind, a sense of indefinable sadness weighs upon and darkens the imagination and hinders clearness of vision.
Author : Camille Flammarion
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319096419
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Camille Flammarion's The Planet Mars written by Camille Flammarion and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Camille Flammarion
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Dreams of an Astronomer written by Camille Flammarion and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edmund Whitman Putnam
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Essence of Astronomy written by Edmund Whitman Putnam and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Camille Flammarion
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Wonders of the Heavens written by Camille Flammarion and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Camille Flammarion
Publisher : New York : Harper
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The Atmosphere written by Camille Flammarion and published by New York : Harper. This book was released on 1873 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elisabeth Vreede
Publisher : SteinerBooks
ISBN 13 : 0880109602
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Astronomy and Spiritual Science written by Elisabeth Vreede and published by SteinerBooks. This book was released on 2007-12 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rudolf Steiner was in fact not merely a phenomenally educated and articulate philosopher but also a Man of Destiny.... By comparison, not only with his contemporaries but with the general history of the Western mind, his stature is almost too excessive to be borne." --Owen Barfield The New Essential Steiner is an illuminating, completely new introduction to the philosophy and essential writings of Rudolf Steiner, introduced and edited by Robert McDermott, who also edited the now-classic Essential Steiner. This new volume offers selections from a wide variety of Steiner's published works, presenting a broad, accessible overview of Anthroposophy. In his introduction, McDermott recounts Steiner's life and work, from his childhood and education to his work as a natural scientist, philosopher, scholar, educator, artist, interpreter of culture, and seer. He places Steiner in relation to major traditions of thought and explores the genesis and development of Anthroposophy. Although Rudolf Steiner is considered by many to be the greatest spiritual seer and philosophical thinker of the twentieth century and is credited with major cultural contributions such as the worldwide Waldorf school movement and the ever-growing biodynamic agricultural movement, he nevertheless remains relatively unknown to both academics and the public. The purpose of this volume is to redress that situation by introducing Steiner's work to a broader audience and making his name more universally recognized. Includes selections from Steiner's writings, which are grouped into chapters that demonstrate the breadth of his thinking and spiritual accomplishments. The New Essential Steiner is an invaluable compendium and introduction to the works that form the foundation of Anthroposophy.
Author : John Frederick Blake
Publisher : Nabu Press
ISBN 13 : 9781293462539
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (625 download)
Download or read book Astronomical Myths written by John Frederick Blake and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-01 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Astronomical Myths: Based On Flammarion's "History Of The Heavens." John Frederick Blake, Camille Flammarion Macmillan and co., 1877 Astronomy; Constellations; Cosmography; Cosmology; Mythology
Author : Camille Flammarion
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781727350340
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Omega written by Camille Flammarion and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-09-14 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Astronomer and author Camille Flammarion's classic work of trailblazing early science fiction. A cataclysmic comet strike has plunged the Earth into ruins. Humanity must struggle to survive. Originally published in French under the title "La Fin du monde," the story explores society's structure and ills, including humanity's preoccupation with war and the wastefulness of destructive conflicts. Set principally in the 25th Century, Flammarion's description of a news media that is ruled by commercial interests, pursuing sensationalism over truth, is all too prescient of the modern world. With a narrative that spans millions of years from prehistory into the far future, Omega: The Last Days of the World is sure to thrill readers.
