Read the following paragraph from the section "Dreaming Of A World Deep Below."
The interior of our planet has long held a fascination for philosophers and storytellers. Some have speculated that another inhabited world lies beneath our own. In 1864, Jules Verne’s novel "Journey to the Center of the Earth" described the fictional adventures of explorers traveling under our planet’s surface. It was a best-seller. People wondered if the world Verne described below our own could be real.
Why does the author include this paragraph in the article?
Question 9 options:
to show how much scientific progress regarding the Earth's core was made during Lehmann's lifetime
to explain a number of popular theories concerning the composition of the Earth's core
to demonstrate how Lehmann's discovery confirmed what Jules Verne already knew about the Earth's core
to describe the attitudes Lehmann needed to overcome in order to introduce her work to the scientific community
