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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... bodies accelerate similarly , and when bodies of different weights are dropped side by side , they reach the ground simultaneously . This idea had been mooted by Phil- oponus of Alexandria in the sixth century , and after its revival by ...
... bodies accelerate similarly , and when bodies of different weights are dropped side by side , they reach the ground simultaneously . This idea had been mooted by Phil- oponus of Alexandria in the sixth century , and after its revival by ...
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... Bodies move in straight lines when free of applied forces , as shown by Descartes , said Hooke , and bodies in circular motion are subject to a centrifugal force , as is well known to all . The planets do not move in straight lines but ...
... Bodies move in straight lines when free of applied forces , as shown by Descartes , said Hooke , and bodies in circular motion are subject to a centrifugal force , as is well known to all . The planets do not move in straight lines but ...
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... bodies and whirling systems . Everything seen in the firmament acts in accord with the grand picture of general relativity . The free - falling ex- perimenters in their own locally flat spacetime see the celestial bodies following ...
... bodies and whirling systems . Everything seen in the firmament acts in accord with the grand picture of general relativity . The free - falling ex- perimenters in their own locally flat spacetime see the celestial bodies following ...
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INTRODUCING THE MASKS | 1 |
WORLDS IN THE MAKING | 15 |
THE HEART DIVINE | 119 |
Urheberrecht | |
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