EDGAR ALLAN POE and his cosmology
Great intellects guess well.
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
eine schone Leistung eines ungewohnlich selbstandigen Geistes
(a very beautiful achievement of an unusually independent mind)
Albert Einstein, 1934 (after reading Eureka)
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Welcome!
This site is mostly devoted to the discussion and
analysis of Eureka, the prose poem
where Poe presents his original and surprisingly modern cosmology.
Here you will also find a list of links to other sites containing
information about Poe, his life and works, as well as essays
on Poe and science.
- Eureka: A Prose Poem (available at the site of the Poe Society of Baltimore)
- Eureka: A Prose Poem (available at the Ehrlich site)
- Title page of
Eureka - An introduction to Poe's Cosmology
- Quotations from Eureka, selected and discussed for their cosmological interest [Decoder Reference Award]
- A list of people quoted in Eureka
- Sir Arthur Eddington's letter about Eureka and some comments of Arthur H. Quinn
- Edgar Allan Poe's Physical Cosmology, the text of my paper published on the QJRAS
- Bibliography (books and articles)
devoted to Eureka
- Other essays on Eureka and science
- Links to the main sites devoted to Edgar Allan Poe
- Exhibits and theatre
Alberto Cappi Home Page
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counts since December 1, 2005
Page created in 1994.
Last update: December 1, 2005.