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Hollow Earth
David Standish
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Description for Hollow Earth
Paperback. A remarkable cultural history of what might exist under the Earth's surface-as reflected in mythology, religion, science, literature, and good old crackpottery Num Pages: 304 pages, 57 b&w photos, painting, artwork. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 451.
Beliefs in mysterious underworlds are as old as humanity. But the idea that the earth has a hollow interior was first proposed as a scientific theory in 1691 by Sir Edmond Halley (of comet fame), who suggested that there might be life down there as well. Hollow Earth traces the surprising, marvellous, and just plain weird permutations his ideas have taken over the centuries. From science fiction to utopian societies and even religions, Hollow Earth travels through centuries and cultures, exploring how each era's relationship to the idea of a hollow earth mirrored its hopes, fears, ... Read more
Beliefs in mysterious underworlds are as old as humanity. But the idea that the earth has a hollow interior was first proposed as a scientific theory in 1691 by Sir Edmond Halley (of comet fame), who suggested that there might be life down there as well. Hollow Earth traces the surprising, marvellous, and just plain weird permutations his ideas have taken over the centuries. From science fiction to utopian societies and even religions, Hollow Earth travels through centuries and cultures, exploring how each era's relationship to the idea of a hollow earth mirrored its hopes, fears, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306815331
SKU
V9780306815331
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About David Standish
David Standish is the author of The Art of Money and has written for Smithsonian, Audubon, Esquire, Outside, Travel & Leisure, Playboy, and Chicago magazine. He lives in Chicago.
Reviews for Hollow Earth
Isis, June 2009 "[A] breezily written, well-illustrated journalistic survey...A popular history of 'esoteric' science...Mine it for nuggets to spice up undergraduate lectures."