Had come.long"awaited date Estela's was Tuesday and he was going to have a discussion with Azrael about the interesting science fiction work Somnium, by Kepler. She had some notions about the play and had read some notes, but she had never had one in Spanish in her hands. He would have the opportunity that he had wanted so much in his life.
This novel is considered the pioneer in science fiction works and was written by the German astrophysicist Johannes Kepler, it was published a quarter of a century later by his son (1634).
Estela was ready and anxious at the corner where they were to meet, barely a few seconds had passed and she saw him approach, they greeted each other and got into the car. I will
take you to my house, I want you to know my secret world. You will discover new things for yourself and I will give you whatever you ask, without exception.
I want a Spanish copy of the book, she said. You will have it and one of the best, I keep one that was a direct translation from Latin, the original language of the work, as there are others, which are translations of translations into the English language.
They arrived at the place, an old house with a Greco"Roman facade. Numerous paintings by famous painters adorned the room, it smelled of incense and in one corner, there was a small altar without images, a seven"branched candelabrum lit the entire room with its candles. There were huge Moroccan"style cushions with embroidered details in gold, they sat comfortably near a short"legged table "where the book "The Dream, Astronomy of the Moon" was located and she began to leaf through it. It has beautiful illustrations and impressive language and to my liking! she exclaimed as her eyes sparkled. It's yours Estela, no one can deserve it more ... She got up and without thinking, gave him a huge kiss on the cheek, he flushed and hugged her.
I must tell you something, before starting the analysis. True science is not always born in universities, nor does it come from great recognized scientists, many times centuries pass for them to be understood and assimilated. Johannes Kepler was the son of Katharina Kepler, from whom he received much of his teaching, she was a healer and was accused of witchcraft. He had to seek legal help from a friend so that he did not die at the stake. Even so, he had to pay prison and torture and a year after serving his sentence, he died. Kepler earned good money performing the horoscope to characters of the imperial court and predictions of events. Although it seems uncertain, this gave him the basis, so that his fertile imagination and his mathematical knowledge gave as fruit, the promulgation of his three well"known astronomical laws.
From rottenness, beauty is born, like the lotus flower is born from mud ... Cheap fiction is often the source of information for great technological advances and self"taught people can be its protagonists, without diminishing the importance of formal science. Kepler, without his fantasy and imagination, would not have been able to enunciate his three laws, like the astronomer Tycho Brahe.
In Somnium, you will experience the magic of Kepler's dream, a trip to the Moon with details never imagined, about its geography, inhabitants, natural resources and carried out in a spacecraft powered by radiant energy, without fuel. They travel during a lunar eclipse, using the shadow cone as protection and concealment ... We will now study the characters and what they mean within the neural world of the famous Kepler. Would you like dear Estela?
Enchanted agreed to begin the analysis of the novel. He got up and went to find the other copy similar to hers and told her to see page six, where the journey begins.
Note that Duracotus the Icelander is the main character, a boy with astronomical knowledge learned from the great Ticho Brahe. His concern to travel outside the planet earth and to know the secrets that thekeeps inside the Moon, leads him to plan a trip to it. His mother, an expert in charms and spells, suggests that the trip should be made taking advantage of a lunar eclipse when the shadow cone hides the interstellar ship. The main character refers to himself as Kepler, he feels identified with him, with what he feels and expresses. It is fiction because of that, he could not prove anything, but how many truths can be found in such a brilliant mind.
FileHide, his mother, decides to accompany him on the trip. She was an expert in knowledge about herbs, like mother Kepler's, so the character is supposed to reflect her personality.
On the agreed day, they embark on the journey in a ship without a motor, powered by radiant energy, and the two of them arrive safely at their destination. They begin by hiding and observing the details.
The Moon has two hemispheres and in its trajectory of movement around the Earth, one of them always remains hidden and unknown. The inhabitants of the moon are humanoid, who reproduce a lot and have a very short life. They are hidden in caves, precisely in the hemisphere not visible to terrestrials. They have little water and keep it jealousy in hollow stones that protect them from high temperatures. The water supply is underground.
The trip, according to the description, is made on a curved path ... This aspect is interesting, since it is now known that a straight line projected in space becomes curved. According to Albert Einstein, by curvature of space"time and according to Nikola Tesla, by curvature of light in reaction to electrostatic forces around celestial bodies.
The inhabitants of the Moon do not live on the surface because they are threatened by meteorites that frequently impact it. They hide in deep caverns to be safe. Kepler, like his mother, opened his eyes to imagination, he saw beyond appearances, just as you and I want to do.
Life without fantasy and imagination loses meaning. An open mind is a door that connects us with the universe and its attractive secrets, few dare to open it ...
Estela was impressed with the story, she took the copy to read it and when she arrived home in the car she told her : " I will be grateful to you all my life, for adding your light to mine." They said goodbye with a deep look that does not need more words ...