Garrett P. Serviss

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Garrett P. Serviss


Born
in Sharon Springs, New York, The United States
March 24, 1851

Died
May 25, 1929

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Garrett Putman Serviss was an American astronomer, popularizer of astronomy, and early science fiction writer. He majored in science at Cornell and in 1876 joined the staff of the The New York Sun newspaper, working as a journalist until 1892. Serviss showed a talent for explaining scientific details in a way that made them clear to the ordinary reader, leading Andrew Carnegie to invite him to deliver The Urania Lectures in 1894 on astronomy, cosmology, geology, and related matters. Serviss toured the United States for over two years delivering these lectures. He also wrote a syndicated newspaper column devoted to astronomy and other sciences.

Eight of his books are devoted to astronomy. He also wrote six works of fiction in his lifetime, al
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Edison's Conquest of Mars

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A Columbus of Space

3.33 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1909 — 155 editions
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The Moon Metal

2.86 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1900 — 88 editions
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Curiosities of the Sky

3.40 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1909 — 87 editions
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Pleasures of the telescope ...

3.80 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1901 — 57 editions
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The Second Deluge

3.68 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1911 — 91 editions
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Astronomy with an Opera-gla...

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El segundo diluvio

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4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1911 — 3 editions
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Garrett P. Serviss' Science...

3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions
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Other Worlds: Their Nature ...

3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1901 — 37 editions
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“O telescope, instrument of much knowledge, more precious than any scepter! Is not he who holds thee in his hand made king and lord of the works of God?"—John Kepler.”
Garrett P. Serviss, Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers

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