The Prophet and the Astronomer: A Scientific Journey to the End of Time - Softcover

Gleiser, Marcelo

 
9780393324310: The Prophet and the Astronomer: A Scientific Journey to the End of Time
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0393324311 ISBN 13: 9780393324310
Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

"Tracing our contemplation of the cosmos from the big bang to the big crunch" (The New Yorker), Marcelo Gleiser explores the shared quest of ancient prophets and today's astronomers to explain the strange phenomena of our skies-from the apocalypse foretold in Revelations to modern science's ongoing identification of multiple cataclysmic threats, including the impact of comets and asteroids on earthly life, the likelihood of future collisions, the meaning of solar eclipses and the death of stars, the implications of black holes for time travel, and the ultimate fate of the universe and time.

Presenting insights to cosmological science and apocalyptic philosophy in an "easily accessible" (Library Journal) style, Gleiser is "a rare astrophysicist as comfortable quoting Scripture as explaining formulas" (Booklist). K. C. Cole praises his ability to "[work] the entwined threads of science and religion into a vision of 'the end' that is strangely comforting and inspiring."

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Marcelo Gleiser is the Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy and professor of physics and astronomy at Dartmouth College and the author of The Dancing Universe: From Creation Myths to the Big Bang.

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Verlag
W. W. Norton & Company
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0393324311
ISBN 13 
9780393324310
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
370
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