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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... things that are , " said the renowned Anaxagoras , and the " things that are " exist everywhere in minute portions . More than likely he inspired the atomists by arguing that all things are compounded from numberless minute por- tions ...
... things that are , " said the renowned Anaxagoras , and the " things that are " exist everywhere in minute portions . More than likely he inspired the atomists by arguing that all things are compounded from numberless minute por- tions ...
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... things , such as fire , to ascend to more airy and etherial altitudes . The opposing desires of gravity and levity caused all things to seek their proper station in the sublunar realm . Untutored barbarians experienced great difficulty ...
... things , such as fire , to ascend to more airy and etherial altitudes . The opposing desires of gravity and levity caused all things to seek their proper station in the sublunar realm . Untutored barbarians experienced great difficulty ...
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... things , but not about physical things , and their response might be : Why not ask the physicists who deal with strange things like electron waves and what they call the uncertainty principle ? The physicists , when asked , respond by ...
... things , but not about physical things , and their response might be : Why not ask the physicists who deal with strange things like electron waves and what they call the uncertainty principle ? The physicists , when asked , respond by ...
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INTRODUCING THE MASKS | 1 |
WORLDS IN THE MAKING | 15 |
THE HEART DIVINE | 119 |
Urheberrecht | |
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