(DOWNLOAD) "The Discovery of a World in the Moone" by John Wilkins * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free

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Title: The Discovery of a World in the Moone
Author : John Wilkins
Release Date : January 01, 1672
Genre: Astronomy,Books,Science & Nature,
Pages : * pages
Size : 110 KB

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This neat little book helped to popularize in England the new science of Astronomy, based in particular on Johann Kepler's Samnium and Galileo's discoveries with the telescope. Wilkins covers a surprising range of speculation on the nature of the Moon and the visible Lunar features, seen in tantalizing new detail with the new telescopes; Luna's possible inhabitants; and our potential means of travel thither. He amiably disputes with ancient and contemporary authors, drawing you into his thinking and making his conclusions seem quite reasonable.