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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... contain the image maker . Our universes do not contain world pictures , in other words , do not contain us who create universes . Each universe arises as a product of the mind and contains , at best , only a representation of the mind ...
... contain the image maker . Our universes do not contain world pictures , in other words , do not contain us who create universes . Each universe arises as a product of the mind and contains , at best , only a representation of the mind ...
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... containing the painter in the act of painting the picture . But this entails an infinite regress : the picture contains the painter who paints the picture that contains the painter who paints the picture that contains . . . and so on ...
... containing the painter in the act of painting the picture . But this entails an infinite regress : the picture contains the painter who paints the picture that contains the painter who paints the picture that contains . . . and so on ...
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... contains the brain . . . and so on indefinitely . How can a thing conceive a whole of which it is a part conceiving ... contains us understanding the inconceivable Universe . All who think their universe is the all - embracing Universe ...
... contains the brain . . . and so on indefinitely . How can a thing conceive a whole of which it is a part conceiving ... contains us understanding the inconceivable Universe . All who think their universe is the all - embracing Universe ...
Inhalt
INTRODUCING THE MASKS | 1 |
WORLDS IN THE MAKING | 15 |
THE HEART DIVINE | 119 |
Urheberrecht | |
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