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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... million years ago the Australopithecus hominids of South Africa had a cranial capacity of 400 to 500 milliliters , already larger than that of chimpanzees ; a million years later Homo habilis had a brain volume of 600 to 700 milliliters ...
... million years ago the Australopithecus hominids of South Africa had a cranial capacity of 400 to 500 milliliters , already larger than that of chimpanzees ; a million years later Homo habilis had a brain volume of 600 to 700 milliliters ...
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... million years . Through the windows we see hominids striding around in the early Pleistocene . Un- contestably it ... million years . We move on . At 10 million years we again. [ 187 ] 12 DO DREAMS EVER COME TRUE?
... million years . Through the windows we see hominids striding around in the early Pleistocene . Un- contestably it ... million years . We move on . At 10 million years we again. [ 187 ] 12 DO DREAMS EVER COME TRUE?
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... million years with another brief pause - primates first appear , and about this time India slams into Asia and thrusts up the Himalayan ramparts . On we go , across the Cenozoic * era , skipping back some 65 million years . We arrive in ...
... million years with another brief pause - primates first appear , and about this time India slams into Asia and thrusts up the Himalayan ramparts . On we go , across the Cenozoic * era , skipping back some 65 million years . We arrive in ...
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INTRODUCING THE MASKS | 1 |
WORLDS IN THE MAKING | 15 |
THE HEART DIVINE | 119 |
Urheberrecht | |
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