The Sleepwalkers
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Dissects the sterile distinction between 'sciences' and 'humanities' to bring to life the whole history of cosmology from the Babylonians to Newton. The author shows how the tragic split between scien...
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Dissects the sterile distinction between 'sciences' and 'humanities' to bring to life the whole history of cosmology from the Babylonians to Newton. The author shows how the tragic split between science and religion arose and how the modern world-view replaced the medieval world-view in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. Arthur Koestler''s extraordinary history of humanity''s changing vision of the universeIn this masterly synthesis, Arthur Koestler cuts through the sterile distinction between ''sciences'' and ''humanities'' to bring to life the whole history of cosmology from the Babylonians to Newton. He shows how the tragic split between science and religion arose and how, in particular, the modern world-view replaced the medieval world-view in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. He also provides vivid and judicious pen-portraits of a string of great scientists and makes clear the role that political bias and unconscious prejudice played in their creativity.
Detaljer
Forlag
Penguin Classics
ISBN
9780141394534
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
592
Udgivelsesdato
07-08-2014
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
2548619
EAN nr.
9780141394534
Varegruppe
Engelsk non fiction div.
Højde/Dybde (mm)
129
Bredde (mm)
199
Længde (mm)
27
Vægt (g)
404