Urania

Camille Flammarion was a French astronomer and author of more than fifty titles, including several notable early science fiction novels, and works on psychical research and related topics. Urania is one of his best known fiction works, and remains quite an enjoyable read for fans of speculative fiction and science fiction.. A man who admires a statue of Urania (one of the nine muses of Greek mythology) so deeply that he falls in love with her that she comes to life. Taking him along, she flies him to other planets in our solar system and beyond, all the while explaining matters of science and philosophy...