19 January 2018
The Scientific Side of Edgar Allan Poe
If people know about Edgar Allan Poe it is usually for his short stories and his tales of terror. His 40 years of unstable life gave him enough time to revive the Gothic novel and invent the detective story, and to be a poet, critic and journalist. But he also had time to try his hand at science. This is the scientific side of Edgar Allan Poe.