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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.
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Hanover, NH :
Dartmouth College Press,
©2005.
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| Edition: | First Dartmouth College/UPNE paperback ed. |
| Series: | Understanding science and technology series.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.