Camille Flammarion's the Planet Mars: As Translated by Patrick Moore

by Camille Flammarion

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319344773
• ISBN13: 9783319344775
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"