The Grand Contraption : The World as Myth, Number, and Chance /

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The Grand Contraption tells the story of humanity's attempts through 4,000 years of written history to make sense of the world in its cosmic totality, to understand its physical nature, and to know its real and imagined inhabitants. No other book has provided as coherent, compelling, and learne...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Park, David, 1919-2012
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Science > Social aspects.
Science and civilization.
Science.
Science > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • CHAPTER ONE: Voices from the Sands
  • 1.1 The Biblical Universe
  • 1.2 Tales from Sumer and Egypt
  • 1.3 Two More Worlds
  • 1.4 Deluge
  • 1.5 The Twisted Axle
  • CHAPTER TWO: Managing the World
  • 2.1 Dramatis Personae
  • 2.2 The Lower Tier
  • 2.3 The Shape of the World
  • 2.4 Fortune-Telling
  • 2.5 The Stars Move Westward
  • 2.6 Guiding Hands
  • CHAPTER THREE: Guesswork
  • 3.1 A Mass of Rock
  • 3.2 Ionians
  • 3.3 Earth, Sun, Moon, and Law
  • 3.4 A World Made of Numbers
  • 3.5 Change and Eternity
  • 3.6 Theories of Matter
  • 3.7 Atoms and the Pursuit of Happiness
  • CHAPTER FOUR: Earth and Heaven
  • 4.1 Law and Nature
  • 4.2 Measuring Months and Years
  • 4.3 Plato's Fantasy
  • 4.4 Aristotle's Optimism
  • CHAPTER FIVE: Beginnings and Endings
  • 5.1 Time and Space
  • 5.2 Creation
  • 5.3 The Universe Recycled
  • 5.4 The End of Everything
  • CHAPTER SIX: Philosophy Continued
  • 6.1 The Stars in Motion
  • 6.2 Stars, Earth, and Numbers
  • 6.3 Omens and Demons
  • 6.4 Remembrance of Things Past
  • 6.5 Motes of Dust
  • 6.6 The Great Design
  • INTERLUDE: The World Map
  • I.1 Earth and Cosmos
  • I.2 Explorers and Traders
  • I.3 The Christian Earth
  • I.4 Travelers' Tales
  • I.5 The Age of Exploration
  • CHAPTER SEVEN: Toward a New Astronomy
  • 7.1 The Sun Stands Still
  • 7.2 The Mathematical Plan
  • 7.3 The World Observed
  • 7.4 A World Invented
  • 7.5 Isaac Newton
  • CHAPTER EIGHT: What Is the World Made Of?
  • 8.1 Atoms Reborn
  • 8.2 Transformations
  • 8.3 A Theory of Matter
  • 8.4 Atoms and Numbers
  • 8.5 Ether and the Nature of Light
  • CHAPTER NINE: The Universe Measured
  • 9.1 Surveyors at Work
  • 9.2 The Age of the Earth
  • 9.3 The Long Descent of Man
  • CHAPTER TEN: The Exploding Universe
  • 10.1 The Cosmos in Motion
  • 10.2 The Big Bang
  • 10.3 What's Out There?
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN: The View from Here
  • 11.1 Is There Anyone Else?
  • 11.2 The Best of All Possible Worlds?
  • 11.3 Will It Ever End?
  • 11.4 Reflections.

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