![]() ![]() ![]() Humphry Davy (I778-1829) was, however, an eminent early nineteenth-century British chemist who also dabbled in geological and paleontological science. The sixteenth-century Icelandic alchemist and scholar Arne Saknussemm, who leaves a Runic message leading Professor Lidenbock on his voyage, is entirely fictitious. One scientist never lived the other was very real. ![]() In Journey, Verne repeatedly references two scientists to create the illusion that passage into the Earth’s deep interior is possible. ![]() One reason I love to read Verne is that he presents his adventurous quests with the credibility of scientific study. Debus’ article “Re-framing the Science of Jules Verne in Journey to the Center of the Earth” (2006).Īs I stated in my last post, this Journey should be viewed as a ‘life-through-time’ where the past comes alive, layer by layer! Having now finished this novel, which greatly surpassed my expectations, I will narrow my focus on the geological/paleontological components with the help of Dr. In my recent post “Journey to the Center of the Earth”, I wrote an overview of Jules Verne’s Science Fiction novel with my pre-reading predictions of this incredible journey. ![]()
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