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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... nature . Lofty thoughts that once soared among the towers of the Eternal City descended to street level in the exhilerating new Earthly City . Oth- erworldly preoccupations transformed into worldly occupations . The world seemed bright ...
... nature . Lofty thoughts that once soared among the towers of the Eternal City descended to street level in the exhilerating new Earthly City . Oth- erworldly preoccupations transformed into worldly occupations . The world seemed bright ...
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... nature . We have taken the first big step : the atom consists of a central heavyweight nucleus surrounded by a cloud of lightweight electrons- a step accompanied by many misconceptions . Once it was the custom to imagine the atom as a ...
... nature . We have taken the first big step : the atom consists of a central heavyweight nucleus surrounded by a cloud of lightweight electrons- a step accompanied by many misconceptions . Once it was the custom to imagine the atom as a ...
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... nature and the size of the observable universe have a truly remarkable relation . The constants of nature ( such as the speed of light , the electric charges and masses of subatomic particles , the universal con- stant of gravity , and ...
... nature and the size of the observable universe have a truly remarkable relation . The constants of nature ( such as the speed of light , the electric charges and masses of subatomic particles , the universal con- stant of gravity , and ...
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INTRODUCING THE MASKS | 1 |
WORLDS IN THE MAKING | 15 |
THE HEART DIVINE | 119 |
Urheberrecht | |
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