Jules verne childhood biography questions and answers

We're not very fond of the image of Jules Verne as a prophet and you may notice there is a difference between predicting and describing.

A prediction is a reference to something that has not happened yet. A description, in this case, could be taken as a reference to something that has been described before by others. Here is a list of some of the most famous descriptions, made by Jules Verne in his books, that lately have been considered as predictions:

• Submarine: Before the writing of Twenty thousand leagues under the sea, there already existed a submarine.

  Jules verne childhood biography questions and answers pdf

  The Nautilus (same name as in Verne’s book) was presented by British inventor Robert Fulton at the end of the 18th Century to the Directoire in Paris.

• Travel in balloon: The first long distance travel in balloon came some years after Verne had written his Five weeks in balloon, but before that, travels of hundreds of miles had been made by balloon.

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