Somnium (Latin for The Dream) was a fantasy novel written in 1608, - TopicsExpress



          

Somnium (Latin for The Dream) was a fantasy novel written in 1608, in Latin, by Johannes Kepler. The narrative would not be published until 1634 by Keplers son, Ludwig Kepler. In the narrative, an Icelandic boy and his witch mother learn of an island named Levania (our Moon) from a daemon (demon). Somnium presents a detailed imaginative description of how the Earth might look when viewed from the Moon, and is considered the first serious scientific treatise on lunar astronomy. Carl Sagan and Isaac Asimov have referred to it as the first work of science fiction.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 05:04:03 +0000

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