Somnium by Johannes Kepler
A dream-framed narrative imagining a voyage to the Moon by supernatural means that combines vivid, speculative descriptions of lunar landscapes, climates, and inhabitants with extensive scientific commentary; the narrator’s extraterrestrial vantage is used to invert terrestrial perspectives and to explain tides, lunar day-night cycles, and the motions of the heavens, while lengthy scholarly notes deploy observational reasoning to defend and illustrate the Copernican system — a pioneering blend of imaginative fiction and rigorous astronomical argument.
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- Published
- 1634
- Nationality
- German
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- Original Language
- Latin
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- Alternate Titles
- - The Dream
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