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Volume 10, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 1792-2593
  • E-ISSN: 2507-0371

Abstract

Abstract

Two books by French writer Jules Verne are among the most famous science fiction writings of the 19th century. These are (1865) and the sequel (1870).

These books became famous not only because of the originality of their plot and the appeal that a journey within space has always had on mankind but also because of the plethora of Verne's references on scientific matters that people of that era found fascinating. Indeed, the two books are full of references on physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy and selenography issues plus some interesting illustrations like the one in Fig. 1.

The current study focuses on the sequel and more specifically on the excerpts where the writer contradicts the common grounds of scientific knowledge of the time or even contradicts himself from one extract to the other.

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