The sleepwalkers : a history of man's changing vision of the universe /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Koestler, Arthur, 1905-1983
Otros Autores: Butterfield, Herbert, 1900-1979 (ed.)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Penguin Books, 1964.
Colección:A Penguin Book ; 2148
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part one: The heroic age
  • 1. Dawn
  • 2. The harmony of the spheres
  • Part two: Dark interlude
  • 1. The rectangular universe
  • 2. The walled-in universe
  • Part three: The timid canon
  • 1. The life of Copernicus
  • Part four: The watershed
  • 1. The young kepler
  • 2. The "Cosmic Mystery"
  • 3. Growing pains
  • 4. Tycho de Brah
  • Part five: The parting of the ways
  • 1. The burden of proof
  • 2. The trial of Galileo.