Cosmology: Historical, Literary,Philosophical, Religous and Scientific PerspectivesNorriss S. Hetherington CRC Press, 1993 M08 1 - 648 pages A most interesting collection of detailed but accessible contributions examining cosmology from multiple perspectives. The 31 chapters are organized in nine sections: cosmology and culture, the Greeks' geometrical cosmos, medieval cosmology and literature, the scientific revolution, galaxies--from speculation to science, the expanding universe, particle physics and cosmology, cosmology and philosophy, and cosmology and religion. Each section is individually introduced. Paper edition (unseen), $18.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
Chinese Cosmology | 25 |
Mesopotamian Cosmology | 37 |
The Presocratics | 53 |
The Greeks Geometrical Cosmos | 67 |
Platos Cosmology | 79 |
Aristotles Cosmology | 95 |
Ptolemy | 105 |
Copernicus | 147 |
Spectroscopy | 301 |
Cosmology 19001931 | 329 |
Hubbles Cosmology | 347 |
Big Bang Cosmology | 371 |
Steady State Theory | 391 |
Particle Physics and Cosmology | 405 |
The Inflationary Universe | 411 |
LargeScale Structure and Galaxy Formation | 447 |
Medieval Cosmology and Literature | 175 |
Medieval Cosmology | 181 |
Dantes Moral Cosmology | 201 |
Chaucer | 217 |
The Scientific Revolution | 225 |
Galileo | 235 |
Newtonian Cosmology | 263 |
from Speculation to Science | 275 |
The Expanding Universe | 280 |
William Herschel | 281 |
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