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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... spheres were introduced , and these new and in- termediate spheres rotated at various rates about different inclined axes . In this way the two - sphere model became a many - sphere system , which at first was of little more than ...
... spheres were introduced , and these new and in- termediate spheres rotated at various rates about different inclined axes . In this way the two - sphere model became a many - sphere system , which at first was of little more than ...
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Edward Robert Harrison. THE EMPYREAN PARADISE IX Crystalline sphere . Primum Mobile Vlll Sphere of the fixed stars Zodiac The VII Sphere of Saturn VI Sphere of Jupiter vSphere of Mars IV Sphere 111 Sphere Sphere Sphere Firer Earthly Air ...
Edward Robert Harrison. THE EMPYREAN PARADISE IX Crystalline sphere . Primum Mobile Vlll Sphere of the fixed stars Zodiac The VII Sphere of Saturn VI Sphere of Jupiter vSphere of Mars IV Sphere 111 Sphere Sphere Sphere Firer Earthly Air ...
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... sphere . There are as many Hubble spheres as galaxies . Each galaxy has its own Hubble sphere , at the surface of which the recession velocity from the galaxy matches the velocity of light . The cosmic edge cannot exist at the surface ...
... sphere . There are as many Hubble spheres as galaxies . Each galaxy has its own Hubble sphere , at the surface of which the recession velocity from the galaxy matches the velocity of light . The cosmic edge cannot exist at the surface ...
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INTRODUCING THE MASKS | 1 |
WORLDS IN THE MAKING | 15 |
THE HEART DIVINE | 119 |
Urheberrecht | |
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