The Science of the Stars - Couverture souple

Reuss, Gustav

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1914990226 ISBN 13 : 9781914990229

Editeur : Jantar Publishing Ltd, 2023

Synopsis

A whimsical and humorous adventure through the stars.

Written in 1856, ten years before the publication of Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon, Krutohlav and his friends set off to explore the solar system in a motorized 'dragon' powered by gunpowder taking with them many kinds of sausage, cheeses, pickled cabbage and wine. A very whimsical and humorous account of how Krutohlav, a country gentleman from rural Central Europe explores the solar system. His first attempt to travel to the moon in a balloon ends in failure after crashlanding in the Egyptian desert. Instead of giving up, Krutohlav builds a new craft he calls a dragon and convinces a group of his friends to travel with him around the solar system.

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À propos des auteurs

Gustáv Mauricíus Reuss (1818-61) was a physican by training and a polymath by inclination, he lost no opportunity to popularize the science of his day. His vast writings cover botany, ethnography, history, acrcheology and astronomy

David Short graduated with a BA in Russian with French from the University of Birmingham in 1965 and spent 1966-72 in Prague studying, working, translating and having fun. He then taught Czech and Slovak at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies in London from 1973 to 2011. He has translated a wide range of literary and non-literary Czech texts including Prague. I see a city... by Daniela Hodrová and Bliss was it in Bohemia by Michal Viewegh, both published by Jantar. He has won awards both for translations and for his contribution to Czech and Slovak studies, notably in 2004 the Czech Minister of Culture's Artis Bohemicae Amicus medal and the Medal of the Comenius University in Bratislava.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jantar Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1914990226
• ISBN 13: 9781914990229
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 262
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible