THE ATHENAEUMThe Discovery of a World in the MooneJohn Wilkins
Science
The Discovery of a World in the Moone
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textWilkins argues that the Moon may be another habitable world and seriously considers how a traveller might reach it. Written in 1638, the book stands between astronomy, theology, and speculative fiction, before those shelves had learned to stay separate.
The librarian
- Reading time
- About 2 hr 15 min
- Where to find it
- The Selenite Reading Outpost, on the Moon
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #19103. In the public domain in the United States.