About this title: Garrett Putnam Serviss (1851-1929) was an astronomer, popularizer of astronomy, and early science fiction writer. He took a law degree at Columbia. In 1876 he joined the staff of the New York Sun newspaper. Serviss showed a talent for explaining scientific details, leading Andrew Carnegie to invite him to deliver The Urania Lectures on cosmology, astronomy, and geology. Serviss toured the United States for over two years delivering these lectures, then settling down to become a popular speaker in the New York area. He gained a syndicated newspaper column devoted to astronomy and other ...
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Publisher: Dodo Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781409916512ISBN:1409916510
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Publisher: Aegypan
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781598185164ISBN:1598185160
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bastian Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780554373621ISBN:0554373629
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Publisher: Bastian Books
Date Published: 2008
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Publisher: BiblioLife
Date Published: 2008
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Publisher: BiblioLife
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780554280592ISBN:0554280590
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dodo Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781409916512ISBN:1409916510
Description: Garrett Putnam Serviss (1851-1929) was an astronomer, popularizer of astronomy, and early science fiction writer. He took a law degree at Columbia. In 1876 he joined the staff of the New York Sun newspaper. Serviss showed a talent for explaining scien... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: ALAN RODGERS BOOKS
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781598185164ISBN:1598185160
Description: New. The dominion which astronomy has always held over the minds of men is akin to that of poetry; when the former becomes merely instructive and the latter purely didactic, both lose their power over the imagination. Astronomy is known as the oldest of t... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: KESSINGER PUB LLC
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781419114786ISBN:1419114786
Description: New. From a historical and picturesque point of view, one of the most striking results of the motions of the stars described in the last chapter is their effect upon the forms of the constellations, which have been watched and admired by mankind from a pe... read more
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