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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... individual's experiences , maintains self - esteem , and creates a favor- able pleasure - pain balance over the foreseeable future . A personal theory of reality is like a world picture if we interpret theory to mean " view , " as in ...
... individual's experiences , maintains self - esteem , and creates a favor- able pleasure - pain balance over the foreseeable future . A personal theory of reality is like a world picture if we interpret theory to mean " view , " as in ...
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... individual freedom has not increased to the same extent and may actually be decreasing . The product XY may not be much larger than before and our progress , therefore , less than we suppose . Uni- formity can easily be attained , as in ...
... individual freedom has not increased to the same extent and may actually be decreasing . The product XY may not be much larger than before and our progress , therefore , less than we suppose . Uni- formity can easily be attained , as in ...
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... individual vari- ations by differential reproduction is as inexorable as any other law of nature . Darwin did not understand the cause of individual variations within a species . We now know that the genetic coding in twin - stranded ...
... individual vari- ations by differential reproduction is as inexorable as any other law of nature . Darwin did not understand the cause of individual variations within a species . We now know that the genetic coding in twin - stranded ...
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INTRODUCING THE MASKS | 1 |
WORLDS IN THE MAKING | 15 |
THE HEART DIVINE | 119 |
Urheberrecht | |
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