From The Earth To The Moon
Author: Jules Verne
Brand: Abhishek Publications
Features:
- Jules Verne
Binding: hardcover
Number Of Pages: 305
Release Date: 01-12-2024
Details: Verne's 1865 tale of a trip to the moon is (as you'd expect from Verne) great fun, even if bits of it now seem, in retrospect, a little strange. Our rocket ship gets shot out of a cannon? To the moon? Goodness! But in other ways it's full of eerie bits of business that turned out to be very near reality: he had the cost, when you adjust for inflation, almost exactly right. There are other similarities, too. Verne's cannon was named the Columbiad; the Apollo 11 command module was named Columbia. Apollo 11 had a three-person crew, just as Verne's did; and both blasted off from the American state of Florida. Even the return to earth happened in more-or-less the same place. Coincidence -- or fact!? We say you'll have to read this story yourself to judge.
EAN: 9789356526457
Package Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
Languages: English
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From The Earth To The Moon
From The Earth To The Moon
Author: Jules Verne
Brand: Abhishek Publications
Features:
- Jules Verne
Binding: hardcover
Number Of Pages: 305
Release Date: 01-12-2024
Details: Verne's 1865 tale of a trip to the moon is (as you'd expect from Verne) great fun, even if bits of it now seem, in retrospect, a little strange. Our rocket ship gets shot out of a cannon? To the moon? Goodness! But in other ways it's full of eerie bits of business that turned out to be very near reality: he had the cost, when you adjust for inflation, almost exactly right. There are other similarities, too. Verne's cannon was named the Columbiad; the Apollo 11 command module was named Columbia. Apollo 11 had a three-person crew, just as Verne's did; and both blasted off from the American state of Florida. Even the return to earth happened in more-or-less the same place. Coincidence -- or fact!? We say you'll have to read this story yourself to judge.
EAN: 9789356526457
Package Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
Languages: English
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Author: Jules Verne
Brand: Abhishek Publications
Features:
- Jules Verne
Binding: hardcover
Number Of Pages: 305
Release Date: 01-12-2024
Details: Verne's 1865 tale of a trip to the moon is (as you'd expect from Verne) great fun, even if bits of it now seem, in retrospect, a little strange. Our rocket ship gets shot out of a cannon? To the moon? Goodness! But in other ways it's full of eerie bits of business that turned out to be very near reality: he had the cost, when you adjust for inflation, almost exactly right. There are other similarities, too. Verne's cannon was named the Columbiad; the Apollo 11 command module was named Columbia. Apollo 11 had a three-person crew, just as Verne's did; and both blasted off from the American state of Florida. Even the return to earth happened in more-or-less the same place. Coincidence -- or fact!? We say you'll have to read this story yourself to judge.
EAN: 9789356526457
Package Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
Languages: English
