The Sleepwalkers: a History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe - Softcover

The Sleepwalkers. A History of Man's changing Vision of the Universe. Introd. by Herbert Butterfield.

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Buchbeschreibung Zustand: Gut. 624 S.; graph. Darst.; 20 cm; kart. Gutes Ex.; Einband berieben; Seiten geringfügig gebräunt. - Englisch. - Pythagoras, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton these are the Sleepwalkers, men whose discoveries led to a radical reformulation of our vision of the universe. Arthur Koestler, in this comprehensive history of the great astronomers, charts the often erratic course of science, its complex interrelationship with religion and philosophy, and provides in a provocative and original discussion unique insight into the psychological process of scientific discovery. . (Verlagstext) / INHALT : Introduction Preface ---- PART ONE ---- THE HEROIC AGE ---- DAWN ---- Awakening, ---- Ionian Fever ---- THE HARMONY OF THE SPHERES ---- Pythagoras of Santos, ---- The Unifying Vision ---- "Soft Stillness and the Night " ---- Religion and Science Meet ---- Tragedy and Greatness of the Pythagoreans ---- Ill THE EARTH ADRIFT ---- Philolaus and the Central Fire ---- Herakleides and the Sun-Centred Universe ---- Aristarchus, the Greek Copernicus ---- IV THE FAILURE OF NERVE ---- Plato and Aristotle ---- Rise of the Circular Dogma ---- The Fear of Change ---- V THE DIVORCE FROM REALITY ---- Spheres Within Spheres (Eudoxus) ---- Wheels Within Wheels: (Ptolemy) ---- The Paradox ---- Knowing and Un-Knowing ---- The New Mythology The Cubist Universe ---- (u.v.a.) ISBN 0448001594 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 600. Artikel-Nr. 1119868

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