Masks of the UniverseMacmillan Publishing Company, 1985 - 306 Seiten From the animistic world of the primitives of Newton's well-oiled clockwork to the warp and weave of Einsteinian spacetime, Harrison shows how every universe has been the ultimate universe--until a better one came along. Harrison also tours our latest version of the universe, deftly charting the strange, tiny cosmos of subatomic particles and the vast, limitless ocean of stars and galaxies. Throughout, the author enlivens his discussions with the words and thoughts of a dazzling array of renowned scientists, poets, and philosophers both past and present. He includes a number of carefully chosen illustrations--from an engraving of Dante's conception of the universe to a simple space-and-time diagram. ISBN 0-02-948780-3: $18.95. |
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... became detached from or tenuously connected to its outer physical form . In most cases this psychic being - or spirit - was capable of enduring after the dissolution of the physical body . Many of these spirits had forms other than ...
... became detached from or tenuously connected to its outer physical form . In most cases this psychic being - or spirit - was capable of enduring after the dissolution of the physical body . Many of these spirits had forms other than ...
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... became an integral part of the mechanistic synthesis of dead matter . God's temple of the Newtonian universe collapsed , and all that had seemed of highest value lay crushed in the ruins , empty of cosmic mean- ing . World pictures became ...
... became an integral part of the mechanistic synthesis of dead matter . God's temple of the Newtonian universe collapsed , and all that had seemed of highest value lay crushed in the ruins , empty of cosmic mean- ing . World pictures became ...
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... became the fashion . Georges Cuvier , a distinguished French naturalist and later chancellor of the University of Paris , argued that the Flood was a crucial event separating supernatural and natural history . Human beings were created ...
... became the fashion . Georges Cuvier , a distinguished French naturalist and later chancellor of the University of Paris , argued that the Flood was a crucial event separating supernatural and natural history . Human beings were created ...
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INTRODUCING THE MASKS 1 | 1 |
WORLDS IN THE MAKING | 15 |
THE HEART DIVINE | 119 |
Urheberrecht | |
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