Flammarion, Camille
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Mars globe, (association) — 1896-99
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Early popular science books, (author)
Cyrano de Bergerac’s Comical History of the States and Empires of the World of the Moon and Sun is a satirical portrayal of trips to inhabited planets. Despite the satire, de Bergerac was keenly interested in 17th-century scientific developments and ... read more