{"product_id":"2940012604606","title":"FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON (A SCIENCE FANTASY NOVEL)","description":"FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON..... is a humorous science fantasy novel by Jules Verne and is one of the earliest entries in that genre. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt tells the story of the president of a post-American Civil War gun club in Baltimore, his rival, a Philadelphia maker of armor, and a Frenchman, who build an enormous sky-facing Columbiad space gun and launch themselves in a projectile\/spaceship from it to a Moon landing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story is also notable in that Verne attempted to do some rough calculations as to the requirements for the cannon and, considering the total lack of any data on the subject at the time, some of his figures are surprisingly close to reality. However, his scenario turned out to be impractical for safe manned space travel since a much longer muzzle would have been required to reach escape velocity while limiting acceleration to survivable limits for the passengers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLooking for another good book?  Just click on the name \"TLC BOOKS,Edited\" at the top of the page, next to the title, or write \"\" at the search box …TLC BOOKS,Edited …you will be taken to our main page, where you will be able to peruse all the titles…many are Christian and Wholesome titles.","brand":"TLC BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176206811376,"sku":"2940012604606","price":1.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012604606_p0.jpg?v=1763570742","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012604606","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}