The Long and Curious History of Imagining Strange Lands, Fantastical Creatures, Advanced Civilizatio
by
David Standish
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2007
Beliefs in mysterious underworlds are as old as humanity. But the idea that the earth has a hollow interior was first proposed as a scientific theory in 1691 by Sir Edmond Halley (of comet fame), who suggested that there might be life down there as well. Hollow Earth traces the surprising, marvelous,...