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Many skies : alternative histories of the sun, moon, planets, and stars /
Many Skies: Alternative Histories of the Sun, Moon, Planets, and Stars examines the changes in science that alternative solar, stellar, and galactic arrangements would have brought, and explores the different theologies, astrologies, and methods of tracking time that would have developed to reflect...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Piscataway :
Rutgers University Press,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Many Skies: Alternative Histories of the Sun, Moon, Planets, and Stars examines the changes in science that alternative solar, stellar, and galactic arrangements would have brought, and explores the different theologies, astrologies, and methods of tracking time that would have developed to reflect them. Our perception of our surroundings, the number of gods we worship, the symbols we use in art and literature, even the way we form nations and empires are all closely tied to our particular (and accidental) placement in the universe. Upgren also explores the actual ways that human inte. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 198 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-190) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813553566 0813553563 1283571595 9781283571593 9786613884046 6613884049 |