Writer revolutionary effect are Nicolaus Copernicus, who wrote "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" (1543); Charles Darwin, who wrote "On the Origin of Species" (1859); and Sigmund Freud, who wrote "The Interpretation of Dreams" (1899). These three highly influential, and initially very controversial, works changed the way people understood their place in the world. Copernicus's heliocentric view of the cosmos displaced humans from their previously accepted place at the centre of the universe; Darwin's evolutionary theory placed humans firmly within, as opposed to above, the order of nature; and Freud's ideas about the power of the unconscious mind overcame the belief that humans
The Road of Dreams The Road of Dreams The Road of Dreams is a book of poetry by crime writer Agatha Christie. It was published at her own expense by "Geoffrey Bles" in January 1925 priced at five shillings (5/-). Only one edition of the 112-page volume was ever published and this was undated. Christie wrote poetry for most of her life; her first traceable published works are three poems from 1919: "World Hymn" in "The Poetry Review" issue for March/April, "Dark Sheila" in "Poetry Today" issue for May/June and "A Passing" in the same journal for November/December. All three poems are reprinted in