From the Earth to the Moon

Jules Verne; Intro. RGA Dolby

ISBN 10: 1840226706 / ISBN 13: 9781840226706

Published by Wordsworth, 2011

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Jules Verne's satirical and eerily prophetic novels tell the story of a space race conducted by three American Civil War artillerymen who construct a cannon powerful enough to propel them to the moon, then face an uncertain future onboard their craft after an error comes to light.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: From the Earth to the Moon
• Publisher: Wordsworth
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840226706
• ISBN 13: 9781840226706
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

With an Introduction and Notes by Alex Dolby. JULES VERNE (1828-1905) was internationally famous as the author of novels based on extraordinary voyages. His visionary use of new travel technologies inspired his readers to look to the industrial future rather than the remote past for their dreams of adventure. The popularity of his novels led directly to modern science fiction. In From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon, Jules Verne turned the ancient fantasy of space flight into a believable technological possibility an engineering dream for the industrial age. Directly inspired by Verne s story, enthusiasts worked successfully at overcoming the practical difficulties, and within a century, human beings did indeed fly to the Moon. Curiously, however, Verne is unlikely to have thought it possible that a manned projectile could actually be fired out of a giant cannon, rising higher than the Moon, swinging around it, and then landing safely back on Earth. He had used the science of