Masks of the Universe: Changing Ideas on the Nature of the Cosmos, 2 Ed.

Masks of the Universe: Changing Ideas on the Nature of the Cosmos, 2 edition by Edward Harrison
C,,dge U--ty Pr..s | 2011, 2003 | ISBN: 110740262X, 0521773512 | 342 pages | PDF | 2,7 MB

In Masks of the Universe, Edward Harrison brings together fundamental scientific, philosophical and religious issues in cosmology and raises thought provoking questions. Philosophical issues dominated cosmology in the ancient world. Theological issues ranked foremost in the Middle Ages; astronomy and the physical sciences have taken over in more recent times.