Astronomy for Amateurs Illustrated Camille Flammarion
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The crimson disk of the Sun has plunged beneath the Ocean. The sea has decked itself with the burning colors of the orb, reflected from the Heavens in a mirror of turquoise and emerald. The rolling waves are gold and silver, and break noisily on a shore already darkened by the disappearance of the celestial luminary.
We gaze regretfully after the star of day, that poured its cheerful rays anon so generously over many who were intoxicated with gaiety and happiness. We dream, contemplating the magnificent spectacle, and in dreaming forget the moments that are rapidly flying by. Yet the darkness gradually increases, and twilight gives way to night.
The most indifferent spectator of the setting Sun as it descends beneath the waves at the far horizon, could hardly be unmoved by the pageant of Nature at such an impressive moment.
The light of the Crescent Moon, like some fairy boat suspended in the sky, is bright enough to cast changing and dancing sparkles of silver upon the ocean. The Evening Star declines slowly in its turn toward the western horizon. Our gaze is held by a shining world that dominates the whole of the occidental heavens. This is the "Shepherd's Star," Venus of rays translucent.
Little by little, one by one, the more brilliant stars shine out. Here are the white Vega of the Lyre, the burning Arcturus, the seven stars of the Great Bear, a whole sidereal population catching fire, like innumerable eyes that open on the Infinite. It is a new life that is revealed to our imagination, inviting us to soar into these mysterious regions.
O Night, diapered with fires innumerable! hast thou not written in flaming letters on these Constellations the syllables of the great enigma of Eternity? The contemplation of thee is a wonder and a charm. How rapidly canst thou efface the regrets we suffered on the departure of our beloved Sun! What wealth, what beauty hast thou not reserved for our enraptured souls! Where is the man that can remain blind to such a pageant and deaf to its language!
To whatever quarter of the Heavens we look, the splendors of the night are revealed to our astonished gaze. These celestial eyes seem in their turn to gaze at, and to question us. Thus indeed have they questioned every thinking soul, so long as Humanity has existed on our Earth. Homer saw and sung these self-same stars. They shone upon the slow succession of civilizations that have disappeared, from Egypt of the period of the Pyramids, Greece at the time of the Trojan War, Rome and Carthage, Constantine and Charlemagne, down to the Twentieth Century. The generations are buried with the dust of their ancient temples. The Stars are still there, symbols of Eternity.
Astronomy for Amateurs Illustrated Camille Flammarion
I really must say how descriptive the words are in this early work on astronomy, some of the information in the book is no valid in the day that I'm writing this review but the sheer beauty of the coordination of words in this book is simply breathtaking. I love reading old historical accounts of educational disciplines because it shows the fervor of a people pass who've laid the foundations to our understanding. And it's a plus that this work is written by a woman. IT could have very well been used in conjunction with a class room setting as it seems to be speaking to a student who has already undergone other courses in astronomy. This book is loaded with French and Latin as she refers to works by other authors and phrases which she feels best describe stars and their constellations or as she best describes them as luminescent globes of ancient observers, that mark our position in the heavens.I have yet to finish the volume all the way through, but what I've read so far has been more than inspiring and beautiful.
If your looking for a more modern guide to astronomy this book isn't for you (as I made the mistake of thinking it was myself).
In short it's a historical text on the passion of a woman who dared to learn, and teach the same to others. It will be a treasured part of my kindle library.
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Astronomy for Amateurs Illustrated Camille Flammarion Reviews
A great starter text. Of course, reading it electronically is a drawback, since you cannot use the attached sky maps available in the hard copy. But it's short, and contains enough information to want you to dig further. Thank you Camille!
None of the illustrations made it into the book version. The book is useless with them. I wonder if anyone looks at books like these when they are translated into format.
This book was obviously written for someone who never leaves the house. Also, no diagrams or pictures of anything in the sky. When I read a book about astronomy I want to see what I'm going to see. So dry, I had to use a moisturizer every two minutes. No, I can't recommend this book to anyone, especially amateurs. I hated it.
I consider myself an amateur astronomer, own several scopes (most would consider toys probably, but they're serious to me), and found the content in this book to be [not beginner] somewhat advanced. Could still be a useful reference, I just need to study more I guess. Why does an amateur need to know the greek symbols for the names of constellations, except to bring a person from amateur to advanced? Kind of heavy read, but seems comprehisive for most astronomical topics.
This is a very informative manual. which leads you into the darkness of night and opens into a query introduction to the starry universe. Constellations are introduced in a prose rather than a documentary method making everything interesting as the less known secrets of the sky are uncovered and the vast distances between entities can be imagined as the detailed descriptions are shown. Then we enter the world of the telescope and travel beyond our previous version of a few lights seen in the sky viewing star clusters and planets and galaxies. If you put a red plastic sheet over your pad or computer screen you can read sections of this book out there, under the stars, and not impair your night vision! Wow! This book is to be enjoyed while you learn from it.
Written at the beginning of the 20th century, the most enjoyable thing about this book is the enthusiasm of the author. He is seriously in love with astronomy and wants to communicate that love to the reader. At the time he was writing this, the mechanics of the universe were pretty well understood and his information about distances, orbits, eclipses and sizes of objects was pretty much as it is now. Of course, the knowledge of the nuclear physics of the universe was not understood -- but does that much matter to a backyard astronomer of today, anyway? I was disappointed that the illustrations are not included in this (If they are I have not found them and I am almost finished with this book.) and some charts and graphs do not format properly - at least on my Fire. It's a great read and the price is right. I would love to be able to see and hear this fellow in person, but I was born in the wrong century. Get it and enjoy!
I love her! I know many folks balk at the lofty, wordy writing style of many authors and university professors of the early past century ... but not me. It is a joy that she can be a scientist and still express her wonderment and amazement, and call us to be inspired and look to beauty and inspiration -- not just data. I wish our scientific community of today would be brave and open-hearted enough to inspire us at all the same levels (emotion, spirit, and intellect) ... instead of holding to the post-modernist theory that intellect is the only compatible means to communicate and understand the scientific arts. If you like crisp, concise authorship and short sentences ... look elsewhere. If you can be patient and open enough to be swept along by her enthusiasm for the celestial heavens, and are willing to take the time necessary to read her writing style ... you can't help but gain a special enthusiasm for watching a star-lit sky (just travel a bit outside our light-polluted cities, and make sure to bring friends under the age of 30 ... they don't know what it was like to see the sky in our own back yards, but doing so helps to understand the enthusiasm of Camille Flammarion).
I really must say how descriptive the words are in this early work on astronomy, some of the information in the book is no valid in the day that I'm writing this review but the sheer beauty of the coordination of words in this book is simply breathtaking. I love reading old historical accounts of educational disciplines because it shows the fervor of a people pass who've laid the foundations to our understanding. And it's a plus that this work is written by a woman. IT could have very well been used in conjunction with a class room setting as it seems to be speaking to a student who has already undergone other courses in astronomy. This book is loaded with French and Latin as she refers to works by other authors and phrases which she feels best describe stars and their constellations or as she best describes them as luminescent globes of ancient observers, that mark our position in the heavens.
I have yet to finish the volume all the way through, but what I've read so far has been more than inspiring and beautiful.
If your looking for a more modern guide to astronomy this book isn't for you (as I made the mistake of thinking it was myself).
In short it's a historical text on the passion of a woman who dared to learn, and teach the same to others. It will be a treasured part of my kindle library.
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