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The Book Of The Cosmos
Imagining The Universe From Heraclitus To Hawking
Dennis Danielson(Author)
Perseus Books (Publisher)
Published on 6. December 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
592 pages
978-0-7382-0498-7 (ISBN)
Description
What is the cosmos? How did it come into being? How are we related to it, and what is our place in it? The Book of the Cosmos assembles for the first time in one volume the great minds of the Western world who have considered these questions from biblical times to the present. It is a book of many authors-Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Galileo are here, of course, in all their genius, but so are Edgar Allan Poe, Annie Jump Cannon (a "human computer" and lyrical classifier of stars), and Sir Martin Rees, who proposes an "ensemble of universes" of which ours happens to be among the most interesting.In these pages the universe is made and unmade in a variety of configurations it spins along on superstrings, teems with intelligent life, and could end without warning. The Book of the Cosmos provides a thrilling read to set the heart racing and the mind soaring.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Boulder
United States
Publishing group
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
949 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7382-0498-7 (9780738204987)
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Person
Dennis Danielson is Professor of English at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, where he teaches honours and graduate courses in the literature of cosmology.