Conceptions of Cosmos
From Myths to the Accelerating Universe: A History of Cosmology
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book presents the history of how the universe at large became the object of scientific understanding. Starting with the ancient creation myths, it offers an integrated and comprehensive account of cosmology that covers all major events from Aristotle's...
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This book presents the history of how the universe at large became the object of scientific understanding. Starting with the ancient creation myths, it offers an integrated and comprehensive account of cosmology that covers all major events from Aristotle's Earth-centred cosmos to the recent discovery of the accelearting universe.
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This book is a historical account of how natural philosophers and scientists have endeavoured to understand the universe at large, first in a mythical and later in a scientific context. Starting with the creation stories of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, the book covers all the major events in theoretical and observational cosmology, from Aristotle's cosmos over the Copernican revolution to the discovery of the accelerating universe in the late 1990s. It presents cosmology as a subject including scientific as well as non-scientific dimensions, and tells the story of how it developed into a true science of the heavens. Contrary to most other books in the history of cosmology, it offers an integrated account of the development with emphasis on the modern Einsteinian and post-Einsteinian period. Starting in the pre-literary era, it carries the story onwards to the early years of the 21st century.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Conceptions of Cosmos “
- Introduction
- 1: From Myths to the Copernican Universe
- 2: The Newtonian Era
- 3: Foundations of Modern Cosmology
- 4: The Hot Big Bang
- 5: New Horizons
Autoren-Porträt von Helge S. Kragh
Professor Helge S. KraghHistory of Science Department, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
1988-90, Associate Professor (Physics, History of Science) at Cornell University, NY, USA.
1994-97, Professor of History of Science, University of Oslo, Norway.
1997 onwards Professor at the University of Aarhus, Denmark.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Helge S. Kragh
- 2006, 284 Seiten, mit Abbildungen, Maße: 17,6 x 24,5 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0199209162
- ISBN-13: 9780199209163
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
With clarity and grace, Kragh fits a tremendous mass of facts, ideas, and interconnections into this slim volume intended for students, general readers, and interconections into this slim volume intended for students, general readers, and scholars in sciences and humanities. Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences, volume 37, part 2.
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