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The dancing universe : from creation myths to the big bang /
Surveying scientists' and philosophers' ideas about the universe over the past twenty-five centuries, a prominent physicist plumbs the relationship between science and mythology, showing how recent theories of the universe's origin recall ancient creation myths.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hanover, NH :
Dartmouth College Press,
©2005.
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| Edición: | First Dartmouth College/UPNE paperback ed. |
| Colección: | Understanding science and technology series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Creation myths
- The Greeks
- The sun, the church, and the new astronomy
- The pious heretic
- The triumph of reason
- The world is an intricate machine
- Of things fast
- Of things small
- Inventing universes
- Beginnings
- Epilogue: Dancing with the universe.