In the field of stars

The discovery of the astronomical photography fascinated, from its advent in the middle of the XIXth century, scientists and artists. It was going to allow them to see, to record phenomena, which were invisible until then. Who says "invisible" says opened-way to the imagination. Certain astronomers were so consolidated in their faith in worlds lived on the Moon, Mars, Venus…

In this film we see Jean Pierre Luminet, astrophysicist, Jean Clair, Patrick Fuentes, biographer of Flammarion and Denis Canguilhem, historian.