Bøger af Camille Flammarion

Mysterious Psychic Forces is a book written by Camille Flammarion that explores the concept of psychic phenomena and the supernatural. The author delves into topics such as telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, and psychokinesis, examining the evidence for and against these phenomena. Flammarion also discusses the history of psychic research and the various theories that have been proposed to explain psychic phenomena. The book is written in a clear and accessible style, making it suitable for both general readers and those with a more specialized interest in the subject. Overall, Mysterious Psychic Forces is a fascinating exploration of the mysteries of the human mind and the possible existence of supernatural powers.1909. An account of the author's investigations in psychical research, together with those of other European savants. Contents: certain unknown natural forces; my first seances in the Allen Kardec group; experiments and other seances with Eusapia Paladino; frauds, tricks, deceptions, impostures, mystifications, impediments; experiments of Count De Gasparin; researches of Professor Thury; experiments of the Dialectical Society of London; experiments of Sir William Crookes; sundry experiments and observations; my general inquiry respecting observations of unexplained phenomena; explanatory hypotheses, theories and doctrines.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.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. 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 the original work.

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 publishers 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 andis also a literary tour-de-force, in which the inimitable style of Flammarion has been rendered in the equally unique style of Moore.

Cammille Flammarion's The Planet Mars

French astronomer Camille Flammarion (1842-1925) called the study of the heavens 'the science which concerns us most'. He believed that learning 'what place we occupy in the infinite' could delight and instruct, and might even promote an end to war and strife. Flammarion dedicated the present work to Francois Arago (1786-1853), author of earlier work on popular astronomy. Since Arago's time, the capabilities of telescopes and other instruments had vastly improved, advancing understanding in areas such as the composition of stars. Flammarion sought to bring this new knowledge to the public in a charming yet 'scrupulously exact' style. His highly illustrated introduction to astronomy succeeded in reaching a wide readership, selling over 100,000 French copies before this English translation appeared in 1894. The 1881 French version and Flammarion's work on the origins of the Earth, Le Monde avant la creation de l'homme (1886), are also reissued in this series.

French astronomer Camille Flammarion (1842-1925) won acclaim for bringing science to a general readership. His Astronomie populaire (1880) and its translation into English as Popular Astronomy (1894) are both reissued in this series. The present work, on the origins of the Earth and humankind, sold tens of thousands of copies. Flammarion's original purpose was to update Zimmermann's Le monde avant la creation de l'homme, published a quarter of a century earlier. However, scientific understanding had progressed so much that he decided to rewrite the work completely. First published in 1886, it contains some 400 wood engravings depicting dramatic landscapes, dinosaurs, fossils and much more. Ranging from early chapters on the universe and solar system, through to later discussion of the emergence of humankind after aeons of evolution, this book will prove an absorbing read for those interested in a nineteenth-century perspective on the origins of life.