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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 1442
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Astronomy
Author: Urania
Author: Camille FlammarionPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 146561009X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Was Urania a fair, blue-eyed maiden, a dream of spring, an innocent but inquisitive daughter of Eve? No; she was simply, as in days of yore, that one of the nine Muses who presided over astronomy, and whose celestial glance inspired and directed the chorus of the spheres; she was the angelic idea which soars above terrestrial dulness. She had not the disturbing flesh, nor the heart whose palpitations are communicated at a distance, nor the gentle ardor of human life; but she existed nevertheless in a sort of ideal world,—lofty and always pure,—and yet she was human enough in name and form to produce a strong and deep impression upon an adolescent soul, to arouse in that soul an indefinite, indefinable feeling of admiration,—almost of love. In his hours of solitude, and even through the intellectual labors with which the education of the day overloads his brain, a young man whose hand has never plucked the divine fruit from the tree of Paradise, whose lips are still untouched, whose heart has not yet spoken, whose senses are beginning to awaken amid vague new aspirations, thrills with a presentiment of the divinity to which he is soon to sacrifice, and personifies beforehand in ever-varying forms the unknown being who floats through the airy fabric of his dreams. He wishes, longs to reach this unknown being, but dares not yet, perhaps may never dare, in the purity of his admiration, unless some helping hand come to his aid. If Chloe is not well informed, indiscreet and talkative Lycinion must take it upon herself to instruct Daphnis. Whatever tells us of the yet unknown attraction can charm, interest, delight, and captivate us. A cold engraving, showing the oval of a pure face, even an old-fashioned painting, a sculpture,—a sculpture especially,—awakens a new feeling in our hearts; the blood flows faster, or seems to stop; the idea crosses our reddening brow like a flash, and remains floating in our pensive mind. It is the beginning of desires, the beginning of life, the dawn of a beautiful summer day, harbinger of the sunrise. As for me, my first love, my adolescent passion, had, not for its object assuredly, but as a determining cause—a clock! It is rather odd, but so it is! Humdrum calculations used up all my afternoons from two until four; it was merely correcting observations, made the night before, of stars or planets by applying the reductions arising from atmospheric refraction, which itself depends on the height of the barometer and the temperature. These calculations are as simple as they are tiresome; they are made mechanically, by the help of prepared tables, while thinking of something else.
Man O' Mars
Author: Grahm InglesPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329930150
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Experience vintage style sci-fi in this comic anthology, featuring the classic antics of Man O' Mars.
Urania
Author: C. FlammarionPublisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 1141725541
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 315
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Urania
Author: Camille FlammarionOrpheus and the Sirens
Author: Virginia VaughanUranian Gleams
Author: Robert GibsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781910105597
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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The Theosophist
Author: Conducting Astronomy Education Research
Author: Janelle M. BaileyPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429264098
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
Tim Slater and Roger Freedman have worked to improve astronomy and overall science education for many years. Now, they’ve partnered to create a new textbook, a re-envisioning of the course, focused on conceptual understanding and inquiry-based learning. Investigating Astronomy: A Conceptual Approach to the Universe is a brief, 15-chapter text that employs a variety of activities and experiences to encourage students to think like a scientist.
Urania's Key to the Revelation; or the analyzation of the writings of the Jews, as far as they are found to have any connexion with the science of astronomy. ... First published in Norwich, 1823
Author: Sampson Arnold MackeyPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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