The Celestial Worlds Discovered: Or Conjectures Concerning the Inhabitants, Plants and Productions of the Worlds in the Planets (1722)

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Literary Licensing, LLC, 7 aug 2014 - 170 pagina's
The Celestial Worlds Discovered: Or Conjectures Concerning The Inhabitants, Plants And Productions Of The Worlds In The Planets is a book written by Christiaan Huygens in 1722. In this book, Huygens explores the possibility of life on other planets in our solar system, and speculates about the nature of the inhabitants, plants, and other features of these celestial worlds. He draws on his knowledge of astronomy and physics to make educated guesses about the conditions on these planets, and presents his ideas in a clear and engaging style that is accessible to both scientific and lay readers. The book is a fascinating glimpse into the early history of astronomy and the human imagination's attempts to understand the mysteries of the universe.This Is A New Release Of The Original 1722 Edition.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Christiaan Huygens, FRS (Latin: Hugenius) (14 April 1629 - 8 July 1695) was a prominent Dutch mathematician and natural philosopher. He is known particularly as an astronomer, physicist, probabilist and horologist. Huygens was a leading natural philosopher of his time. His work included early telescopic studies of the rings of Saturn and the discovery of its moon Titan, the invention of the pendulum clock and other investigations in timekeeping. He published major studies of mechanics and optics, and a pioneer work on games of chance. John Clarke lives in the mountains of southern Pennsylvania. He is Professor Emeritus at Gettysburg College, and for many years he directed its program in the writing of poetry and fiction.

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