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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... understanding the infinity of space and the mystery of the atom . " The study of the brain is undoubtedly of vital ... understand itself . " Let us turn now to the other outlook expressed in the language of the subjective world . In ...
... understanding the infinity of space and the mystery of the atom . " The study of the brain is undoubtedly of vital ... understand itself . " Let us turn now to the other outlook expressed in the language of the subjective world . In ...
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... understand ourselves , how can we hope to recover what we do not understand and cannot recognize ? We are a part or an aspect of " nature , " involved in the process of nature observing and understanding itself , and this is a more ...
... understand ourselves , how can we hope to recover what we do not understand and cannot recognize ? We are a part or an aspect of " nature , " involved in the process of nature observing and understanding itself , and this is a more ...
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... understand how it travels in space and how it is incident on the target , yet when we try to observe it , we detect discrete photons and know only the chance of where and when they will appear . We must understand that atoms vibrate ...
... understand how it travels in space and how it is incident on the target , yet when we try to observe it , we detect discrete photons and know only the chance of where and when they will appear . We must understand that atoms vibrate ...
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INTRODUCING THE MASKS 1 | 1 |
WORLDS IN THE MAKING | 15 |
THE HEART DIVINE | 119 |
Urheberrecht | |
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