Buch, Englisch, 342 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 556 g
Changing Ideas on the Nature of the Cosmos
Buch, Englisch, 342 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 556 g
ISBN: 978-1-107-40262-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
To the ancient Greeks the universe consisted of earth, air, fire, and water. To Saint Augustine it was the Word of God. To many modern scientists it is the dance of atoms and waves, and in years to come it may be different again. What then is the real Universe? History shows that in every age each society constructs its own universe, believing it to be the real and final Universe. Yet each universe is only a model or mask of the unknown Universe. Originally published in 2003, this book brings together fundamental scientific, philosophical, and religious issues in cosmology, raising thought-provoking questions. In every age people have pitied the universes of their ancestors, convinced that they have at last discovered the ultimate truth. Does the modern model stand at the threshold of discovering everything, or will it, like all the rest, come to be pitied?
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Naturphilosophie, Philosophie und Evolution
- Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Kosmologie, Urknalltheorie
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik
- Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik
Weitere Infos & Material
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.
