Legacy
Anestin wrote three science fiction novels and a large number of articles and over a hundred booklets about science.
In his novel A Celestial Tragedy (published in February 1914), Anestin has one of the earliest descriptions of the possibility of using the atomic power for war purposes, being published in the same year as H. G. Wells' The World Set Free.
In physics, they have managed to go to the roots of the structure of matter; moreover, at present, they make use of intra-atomic power They have used this extraordinary power in wars as well; but, because of its disastrous effects, the states have signed a convention under which they pledge to use it for scientific purposes alone.”
The astronomical observatory of Bacău bears his name.
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