EDGAR ALLAN POE and his cosmology
Great intellects guess well.
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
Italian version of this page
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
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E-Mail:
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Page created in 1994.
Last update: May 11, 2001.