Masks of the universe : changing ideas on the nature of the cosmos /

To the ancient Greeks the universe consisted of earth, air, fire, and water. To Saint Augustine it was the Word of God. To many modern scientists it is the dance of atoms and waves, and in years to come it may be different again. What then is the real Universe? History shows that in every age each s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harrison, Edward Robert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Cosmology.
Cosmologie.
cosmology.
SCIENCE > Cosmology.
Cosmology
Kosmologie
Univers > Histoire.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introducing the masks
  • Part I. Worlds in the Making:
  • The magic Universe
  • The mythic Universe
  • The geometric Universe
  • The medieval Universe
  • The infinite Universe
  • The mechanistic Universe
  • Part II. The Heart Divine:
  • Dance of the atoms and waves
  • Fabric of space and time
  • What then is time?
  • Nearer to the heart's desire
  • The cosmic tide
  • Do dreams come true?
  • Part III. The Cloud of Unknowing:
  • The witch Universe
  • The spear of Archytas
  • All that is made
  • The cloud of unknowing
  • Learned ignorance.

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