Dancing Universe : From Creation Myths to the Big Bang.
Title:
Dancing Universe : From Creation Myths to the Big Bang.
Author:
Gleiser, Marcelo.
ISBN:
9781611683950
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (253 pages)
Series:
Understanding Science and Technology
Contents:
Title Page -- Dedication -- Copyrights -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the 2005 Edition -- Preface -- Part I: Beginnings -- 1: Creation Myths -- 2: The Greeks -- Part II: The Awakening -- 3: The Sun, the Church, and the New Astronomy -- 4: The Pious Heretic -- 5: The Triumph of Reason -- Part III: The Classical Era -- 6: The World Is an Intricate Machine -- Part IV: Modern Times -- 7: Of Things Fast -- 8: Of Things Small -- Part V: Modeling the Universe -- 9: Inventing Universes -- 10: Beginnings -- Epilogue: Dancing with the Universe -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Available again, with a new preface, a physicist's "exceptionally clear summary of 2,500 years of science and a fascinating account of the ways in which it often does intersect with spiritual beliefs" --Kirkus Reviews.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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