Over six evenings in a garden, a philosopher and a witty marquise discuss the new astronomy of the seventeenth century: why the Earth turns, what the Moon may be like, whether the planets are inhabited, and how the fixed stars may be suns with worlds of their own. This 1803 English translation by Elizabeth Gunning includes notes by the astronomer Lalande.
First published in 1686, one of the most influential works of popular science ever written. Download the free EPUB.