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Kirjojen julkaisuvuodet: 2004–2025.

Curiosities of the Sky (Esprios Classics)

Curiosities of the Sky (Esprios Classics)

Garrett P Serviss

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2025
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Garrett Putnam Serviss (March 24, 1851 - May 25, 1929) was an American astronomer, popularizer of astronomy, and early science fiction writer. Serviss was born in upstate New York and majored in science at Cornell University. He took a law degree at Columbia University but never worked as an attorney. Instead, in 1876 he joined the staff of The New York Sun newspaper, working as a journalist until 1892 under editor Charles Dana.
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Edison's Conquest of Mars (Esprios Classics)

Edison's Conquest of Mars (Esprios Classics)

Garrett P Serviss

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2025
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Edison's Conquest of Mars is an 1898 science fiction novel by American astronomer and writer Garrett P. Serviss. It was written as a sequel to Fighters from Mars, an unauthorized and heavily altered version of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds. It has a place in the history of science fiction for its early employment of themes and motifs that later became staples of the genre.
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Other Worlds (Esprios Classics)

Other Worlds (Esprios Classics)

Garrett P Serviss

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2024
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No science has ever equaled astronomy in its appeal to the imagination, and recently popular interest in the wonders of the starry heavens has been stimulated by surprising discoveries and imaginary discoveries, as well as by a marked tendency of writers of fiction to include other worlds and their possible inhabitants within the field of romance.
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The Moon Metal (Esprios Classics)

The Moon Metal (Esprios Classics)

Garrett P Serviss

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2024
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Garrett Putnam Serviss (March 24, 1851 - May 25, 1929) was an American astronomer, popularizer of astronomy, and early science fiction writer. Serviss was born in Sharon Springs, New York and majored in science at Cornell University. He took a law degree at Columbia University but never worked as an attorney. Instead, in 1876 he joined the staff of The New York Sun newspaper, working as a journalist until 1892 under editor Charles Dana. Serviss showed a talent for explaining scientific details in a way that made them clear to the ordinary reader, leading Andrew Carnegie to invite him to deliver The Urania Lectures in 1894 on astronomy, cosmology, geology, and related matters.
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The Second Deluge

The Second Deluge

Garrett P Serviss

Lulu.com
2022
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The end of the world is at hand. A second flood wipes out mankind as the Earth passes through a nebula from Outerspace. A heroic band of survivors build a ark to withstand the raging tides. Will they survive? Will mankind build a new civilization and a new America?
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Pleasures of the Telescope

Pleasures of the Telescope

Garrett P. Serviss

Double 9 Books LLP
2022
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Great American astronomy writer Garrett P. Serviss has written this book Pleasure of Telescope, first published in 1901. When this book was published there was an outrage, as on it's cover page picture of a nude goddess shown later it was changed into plain blue cover. It's a classical astronomy book and illustrated guide for amateur astronomers who studies for pleasure and curiosity. Seeing the importance of this book efforts are made to protect, preserve and promote it. In his views telescope is a valuable instrument of knowledge through which things can be observed and discoveries became possible. Since, childhood telescope was his most precious possession. He says it's an instrument generally kept by intelligent and curious people. In an introductory series, he has shown stars and maps more vividly, naked eye visible and visible through telescopes stars are shown differently. Constellation are pointed out by usual symbols and nebulae by a little white circle. The smaller stars are shown by dots and larger by star- shaped figures.
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Curiosities of the Sky

Curiosities of the Sky

Garrett P. Serviss

Double 9 Books LLP
2022
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'Curiosities of the Sky' is a fascinating book written by Garrett P. Serviss, an American astronomer, published first time in 1909. His writings popularize astronomy and generates curiosity among the people to know the unrevealed facts of science specially universe. His writing is unbelievable, 100 years earlier he has given such a firm and factual information about the stars to us. When he has written all these description only telescope was the means through which all universe can be observed. In a very interesting writing style he amused his readers and covered topics like - strange surroundings of sun, unfixedness of the fixed stars, comets and meteors, transformation of comets and their tails, northern lights, black holes, solar storm, novae and many more. He has given amazing facts about Mars still these facts are centre of attraction, searching the possibility of life there.
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Edison's Conquest of Mars

Edison's Conquest of Mars

Garrett P. Serviss

Double 9 Books LLP
2022
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'Edison's Conquest of Mars' was printed in 1898 as a subsequence to H. G. Wells's 'The War of the Worlds'. It concerns Edison's efforts to hold off a Martian attack on Earth, with his own occupation of Mars. It also, as is visible in the title reveres Thomas Edison as the main hero of the story. This is the first literary presence of a spacesuit and the magnetic force he uses to move his ships through interplanetary space is more credible and founded in Science than the giant canon that the Martians use to throw their cylinders towards the Earth. This book consist of the first space battle to ever show in print. It is the first alien kidnapping story. It has asteroid mining and the first truly useful spacesuits. Serviss acquire the collaboration of the famous innovator Thomas Edison and invented a totally different and amazing tale of humans conquering Mars. Together, this army of Science Heroes start the longest journey in human history, in an effort to save the world. It has a position in the history of science fiction for its early employment of themes and concepts that later became standards of the class.
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A Columbus of Space

A Columbus of Space

Garrett P. Serviss

Double 9 Books LLP
2022
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'A Columbus of Space' is a glorious story of adventure on Venus, published in 1909 and written by Garrett P. Serviss. This is first story ever reported about an atomic powered spacecraft. It is an precarious thriller written at a time when Venus was still doubted to only show one hemisphere to the Sun and Venusian life was still regard to be possible. The heroes of this, were in the middle of the cosmos, they were amazed when they saw the Earth. He is the first to take edge to the power of inter-atomic energy, which allows him to steer the Ocean of Ether and sale to the beaches of another world than ours. He builds a curious spool-shaped machine and sets sail into space, arriving with his companion on the planet Venus. Courageous travellers from each journey to the planet Venus, which always has one side facing the Sun. The night side is a frozen polar wasteland occupied by Neanderthal like humanoids, while the light side has an advanced, Greco-Roman classical type civilization. This is a tour to Venus on a craft that can travel a superb speed and is charged by something that sounds perhaps nuclear.
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Other Worlds

Other Worlds

Garrett P. Serviss

Double 9 Books LLP
2022
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In this book author says that humans always keen to know about the hidden facts of surrounding world. The secrets of the universe are the most inquisitive part of the scientific study. Author brings in light some recent discoveries about the other planets of the solar system. The existence of the life is the most fascinating question. Author explains the similarities and differences between life on earth and some other planets of the solar system. In an interesting manner, he illustrates possibilities of experiences that we would share while our visit. He clears the vision that to observe the planets only large telescope is not needed but clear and calm air is essential. In South America atmospheric condition is very good to observe these planets and predicts the possibilities of life over there. It opens the wings of imagination and shows the prospects of interplanetary communication. It also gives the view that inhabitants of other planets behave with us.
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The Moon Metal

The Moon Metal

Garrett P. Serviss

Double 9 Books LLP
2022
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The book 'The Moon Metal' was a science fiction story written by famous American writer Garrett P. Serviss, published in 1900. Serviss was a passionate astronomy writer, in this entertaining novella, he has imagined a future amusing story. The theme of the story is amazing and terrific for common readers. Author narrates huge deposits of gold was found in Antarctica, it became common metal and created financial crisis in the world market. There was hue and cry in the world economic scenario because value of every currency was declined. A group of bankers came in action to save the world from this economic crisis. A new metal Artemisiumis is discovered to substitute the gold but unfortunately it was in possession of a scientist Dr. Syx. Dr. Syx wants to control the power of whole world. He asserts that metal comes from his rockies mines only he can produce this. But in reality it is not the earth's product, it comes from the moon by a matter transmitter. Two youths decide to find out the truth about this metal.
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