The Kingdom of the Heavens

Charles Nordmann (1881 - 1940)
Translated by E. E. Fournier d'Albe (1868 - 1933)

Thought is the most swift and subtle of vehicles. Let us therefore use that craft to reach a trysting-place in the skies. The light which reaches us from them and which we analyze nightly at the focus of our telescope brings us pieces of wonderful news. The things it tells us, prodigious but true, raise us to heights never yet attained by the golden wings of fancy. In this book I wiish to relate some of the marvels which the heavens have revealed to us recently. - Summary from the introduction

Genre(s): Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics

Language: English

Keyword(s): astronomy (49), moon (34), planets (22), stars (21), sun (21), universe (9)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Introduction J. M. Smallheer
00:11:01
Play 01 Chapter I - On the Moon J. M. Smallheer
00:25:05
Play 02 Chapter II - Life in the Universe (part 1) J. M. Smallheer
00:26:10
Play 03 Chapter II - Life in the Universe (part 2) J. M. Smallheer
00:22:24
Play 04 Chapter III - The Sun and Its Wonderful Influences (part 1) J. M. Smallheer
00:20:15
Play 05 Chapter III - The Sun and Its Wonderful Influences (part 2) J. M. Smallheer
00:23:50
Play 06 Chapter III - The Sun and Its Wonderful Influences (part 3) J. M. Smallheer
00:27:19
Play 07 Chapter III - The Sun and Its Wonderful Influences (part 4) J. M. Smallheer
00:11:42
Play 08 Chapter IV - The Gigantic Structure of the Sidereal Universe (part 1) J. M. Smallheer
00:17:44
Play 09 Chapter IV - The Gigantic Structure of the Sidereal Universe (part 2) J. M. Smallheer
00:23:32
Play 10 Chapter IV - The Gigantic Structure of the Sidereal Universe (part 3) J. M. Smallheer
00:15:20
Play 11 Chapter V - The Life and Death of Stars (part 1) J. M. Smallheer
00:20:57
Play 12 Chapter V - The Life and Death of Stars (part 2) J. M. Smallheer
00:22:22
Play 13 Chapter V - The Life and Death of Stars (part 3) J. M. Smallheer
00:25:02
Play 14 Chapter VI - Does the Earth Turn? (part 1) J. M. Smallheer
00:21:23
Play 15 Chapter VI - Does the Earth Turn? (part 2) J. M. Smallheer
00:20:17
Play 16 Chapter VI - Does the Earth Turn? (part 3) J. M. Smallheer
00:15:45
Play 17 Chapter VII - Conclusion J. M. Smallheer
00:13:00