Edward Harrison

Masks of the Universe

Changing Ideas on the Nature of the Cosmos

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A 2003 synthesis of scientific, philosophical and religious issues in cosmology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Revised
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 556g
• ISBN-13: 9781107402621
• ISBN-10: 110740262X
• Artikelnr.: 34571184

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introducing the masks
Part I. Worlds in the Making: 1. The magic Universe
2. The mythic Universe
3. The geometric Universe
4. The medieval Universe
5. The infinite Universe
6. The mechanistic Universe
Part II. The Heart Divine: 7. Dance of the atoms and waves
8. Fabric of space and time
9. Nearer to the heart's desire
10. The cosmic tide
11. Do dreams ever come true?
Part III. The Cloud of Unknowing: 12. The witch universe
13. The spear of Archytas
14. All that is made
15. The cloud of unknowing
16. Learned ignorance.