{"product_id":"other-worlds-than-ours-the-plurality-of-worlds-studied-under-the-light-of-recent-scientific-researches-paperback-9781108004176","title":"Other Worlds Than Ours; The Plurality of Worlds Studied under the Light of Recent Scientific Researches (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108004176","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOther Worlds Than Ours\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Plurality of Worlds Studied under the Light of Recent Scientific Researches\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn astronomer's contribution to the Victorian debates on the possibility of life elsewhere in the solar system.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard Anthony Proctor (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108004176, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e360 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe English astronomer Richard A. Proctor was already a well-known populariser of science when he published Other Worlds Than Ours in 1870, joining a ferocious debate about the possibility of life on other planets in which Whewell (1853) and Brewster (1854) had also participated. Taking his cue from the seventeenth-century French astronomer Fontenelle's classic book The Plurality of Worlds, Proctor discusses Victorian discoveries about the solar system and describes what was then known about each of the planets. He evaluates the habitability of Mars, Jupiter, Mercury, Venus and Saturn in the light of his belief in the possibility of extraterrestrial life. The text includes many illustrations of the planets, a spectacular map of Mars, and theoretical views of the Milky Way. Influenced by Darwin, Proctor had a teleological view of the universe and believed that eventually the cosmos would be filled with living things.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. What the earth teaches us\u003cbr\u003e 2. What we learn from the sun\u003cbr\u003e 3. The inferior planets\u003cbr\u003e 4. Mars, the miniature of our earth\u003cbr\u003e 5. Jupiter, the giant of the solar system\u003cbr\u003e 6. Saturn, the ringed world\u003cbr\u003e 7. Uranus and Neptune, the arctic planets\u003cbr\u003e 8. The moon and other satellites\u003cbr\u003e 9. Meteors and comets\u003cbr\u003e their office in the solar system\u003cbr\u003e 10. Other suns than ours\u003cbr\u003e 11. Of minor stars, and of the distribution of stars in space\u003cbr\u003e 12. The nebulæ, are they external galaxies\u003cbr\u003e 13. Supervision and control.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265907347736,"sku":"9781108004176","price":33.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108004176i_78b8327b-840b-432c-a6a7-9b077bb06132.jpg?v=1694867209","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/other-worlds-than-ours-the-plurality-of-worlds-studied-under-the-light-of-recent-scientific-researches-paperback-9781108004176","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}