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The grand contraption : the world as myth, number and chance /
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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
©2005.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Voices from the sands
- Managing the world
- Guesswork
- Earth and heaven
- Beginnings and endings
- Philosophy continued
- The world map
- Towards a new astronomy
- What is the world made of?
- The universe measured
- The view from here.