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Jules Verne may not have thought of Star Wars, but he is the father of science fiction. His works paved the way for our favorite heroes in a galaxy far far away. Jules Verne. From the Earth to the Moon. New York, Scribner, Armstrong, 1874.

Jules Verne may not have thought of Star Wars, but he is the father of science fiction. His works paved the way for our favorite heroes in a galaxy far far away. 

Jules Verne. From the Earth to the Moon. New York, Scribner, Armstrong, 1874.

— 3 years ago with 139 notes
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Ben Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack forecasts two solar and two lunar eclipses in 1751. Eclipses have a lot of superstition around them, especially before the Age of Enlightenment, but maybe they meant nothing at all a long time ago, in a galaxy...

Ben Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack forecasts two solar and two lunar eclipses in 1751. Eclipses have a lot of superstition around them, especially before the Age of Enlightenment, but maybe they meant nothing at all a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away. #maythefourthbewithyou #totaleclipseoftheheart

Poor Richard improved… . Philadelphia [Pa.]: : Printed and sold by B. Franklin, and D. Hall., [1750]

— 4 years ago with 48 notes
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Today is a very special day where we look to the cosmos and image a galaxy far far away… #maythefourthbewithyou and if you are going on a journey please, don’t forget your #spacepants. Herschel, John F. W. A Treatise on Astronomy. Philadelphia :...

Today is a very special day where we look to the cosmos and image a galaxy far far away… #maythefourthbewithyou and if you are going on a journey please, don’t forget your #spacepants.  

Herschel, John F. W. A Treatise on Astronomy. Philadelphia : Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1834.

— 5 years ago with 70 notes
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