Masks of the Universe: Changing Ideas on the Nature of the Cosmos - Edward Harrison
- Title: Masks of the Universe: Changing Ideas on the Nature of the Cosmos
- Author: Edward Harrison
- Pages: 342 pages
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2 edition (June 2, 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0521773512
- ISBN-13: 978-0521773515
Book Description
In the ancient world philosophical issues dominated cosmology. In the Middle Ages theological issues ranked foremost. In recent times astronomy and the physical sciences have taken over. Yet every attempt to grasp the true nature of the universe creates a new mask. In every age people have pitied the universes of their ancestors, believing that they have at last discovered the full truth. Do we now stand at the threshold of knowing everything, or have we created yet another mask, doomed to fade like all the rest?
About the Author
Edward Harrison is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Massachusetts, and adjunct Professor of Astronomy at the Steward Observatory, University of Arizona.
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