Jules Verne: a talented science prophet

Jules Gabriel Verne, commonly known as Jules Verne (February 8, 1828 - March 24, 1905), is a famous French writer who pioneered the genre of Science fiction and is considered one of the "fathers" of this genre.

Jules Verne - talented writer and scientist

Jules Verne (February 8, 1828 - March 24, 1905)

With works known as 'The Journey to the Heart of the Earth ' (1864), ' Twenty thousand miles of the seabed ' (1870), ' Eighty days around the world ' (1873), Jules Verne mentioned adventures by plane, submarine or journeys into space before these vehicles were invented in reality by humans.

If alive until 2011, surely J. Verne must be extremely proud because his inventive ideas have been largely applied and extremely useful in modern life.

Electric submarine

In his most famous work - ' Twenty Thousand Miles Under the Sea ' - Captain Nemo travels the oceans of the earth in a magnificent submarine called Nautilus.

As described, the inside of the ship is like a luxurious hotel with full amenities such as dining room, bedroom, library, etc. If you do not take into account these luxury details, your ship Nemo was not much different from the modern submarines today like the 1964 Circa carrying 3 passengers, also using an electric battery like Nautilus.

Broadcasting

In the work ' 2889 ' completed by Jules Verne in 1889, there is a description of the future journalism: ' Instead of holding a piece of paper to gobble up information during the day, there will be people. Read the newsletter to you every morning . ' Jules Verne's vision of this fantasy came to fruition in 1920 when radio news first appeared, ie after nearly 30 years Jules Verne ' imagined ' it and it was 28 years later. TV news becomes a reality. In 1974, millions of people were able to watch US President Richard Nixon talk on television.

Space sailboat

His fictional ' From Earth to the Moon ' science publication, published in 1865, Jules Verne discusses a spacecraft operated by sunlight under the name: ' Space sailboat '. With modern technology and technology, his idea has been realized as NanoSail-D solar sails that NASA has put into orbit.

It can be said that J. Verne is a writer who always has a thought of being ahead of his time, especially in the field of science and technology. He ' predicted ' a lot of things that in the future far away from humans can afford and technical conditions to reach. Having such a vision is because he has a lot of opportunities to read and have opportunities to interact and talk with many people, so that he catches up with the progress of his era, not only that, thanks to his mind was watching and paying attention to the world around him, he predicted things that seemed " miraculous " in his time.

The moon travel machine

Jules Verne also describes the idea of ​​a ' carriage ' that takes people to the moon today known as the 'Lunar Module ' (the Moon module) - like a cone on top of a name. NASA fire . In the book 'From the Earth to the Moon ', the strange machine mentioned by the author can carry passengers on the moon for a walk. Verne had this machine run by using ' a large gun with enough thrust to shoot it out of gravity . '.

Write the word on the sky

Jules Verne is a man who has a keen eye for everything in the world around him, and one of the interesting areas that he has devoted attention to is the field of advertising. In his work ' In 2889 ' he mentioned the issue of ' advertising in the sky ', and he also mentioned about the effect of this work, that is to be very populous of the city or even a country admires.

Although he did not have any technical technology training, Verne had a special passion for engineering equipment and machinery. He was trained in law and then worked in a theater; There he made friends with people with the same passion for science, invention and exploration.

Video conference

Still in ' 2889 ', Jules Verne mentioned ' phonotelephote ' - the first prototype of technology that is now known as video conferencing technology. He wrote: ' The image is transferred thanks to extremely sensitive mirrors connected by wires, who see the other person despite the distance '. J. Verne's ' Phonotelephote ' is one of the earliest ideas for today's videophone technology.

Electric gun

Although Jules Verne's favorite fantasy topic was all kinds of transport, he sometimes ' invented ' weapons of the ' utopian ' type at the time. For example, in the book ' Twenty Thousand Sea Under the Sea ' he described a electric gun that until today has been built and put into use as a Taser gun in photos.