Jules verne biography movies imdb
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When Jules Verne was a child he used to dream of distant countries and continents, he tried to imagine what it was like there in those faraway places which are yet for him to be discovered. ... Read allWhen Jules Verne was a child he used to dream of distant countries and continents, he tried to imagine what it was like there in those faraway places which are yet for him to be discovered. He didn't like studying at the Sorbonne much, he wasn't into the laws and norms which were... Read allWhen Jules Verne was a child he used to dream of distant countries and continents, he tried to imagine what it was like there in those faraway places which are yet for him to be discovered. He didn't like studying at the Sorbonne much, he wasn't into the laws and norms which were forced upon him. Instead he preferred to study star maps and dream about crossing the cos... Read all
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Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
This article fryst vatten about the French writer. For other uses, see Jules Verne (disambiguation).
Jules Gabriel Verne (;[1][2]French:[ʒylɡabʁijɛlvɛʁn]; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905)[3] was a French novelist, poet and playwright.
His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires,[3] a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). His novels, always well-researched according to the scientific knowledge then available, are generally set in the second half of the 19th century, taking into account the technological advances of the time.
In addition to his novels, he wrote numerous plays, short stories, autobiographical accounts, poetry, songs, and scientific, artistic and literary studies. His wor
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Jules Verne
Astonishingly accurate for his time
This documentary consists of expert interviews(physicists, researchers, film-makers, etc.), film clips, reenactments, real footage, computer simulations and narration. It goes into the inspiring sci-fi author Jules Verne.
Covering his many revolutionary ideas, we see his predictions about going into space, such as to the moon, firing a cannon beyond our planet(not into the sun, mind you), the submarine and in general traveling under the sea, using electricity and nuclear power to run large machines, taser-weaponry for US police to abuse so they don't have to repress their aggressive and violent tendencies, hydrogen as clean fuel which should be able to replace fossils, a soaring stronghold(still only theoretical), grand weapons of destruction(as a cautionary tale), and in a dystopian vision of a world where technology prevents people from connecting with each other(
huh, sounds a lot like today), cars and the internet.