Hetherington, Norriss S. (Editor)
Garland
Physical Details: xi + 631 pp.; illus.; notes; index
Description Contents: McCluskey, Stephen C.: Native American cosmologies. Needham, Joseph, Ronan, Colin: Chinese cosmology. Rochberg, F.: Mesopotamian cosmology. Hetherington, Norriss S.: The presocratics. Hetherington, Norriss S.: Plato's cosmology. Hetherington, Norriss S.: Aristotle's cosmology. Evans, James: Ptolemy. Lerner, Michel-Pierre, Verdet, Jean-Pierre: Copernicus. Grant, Edward: Medieval cosmology. Cornish, Alison: Dante's moral cosmology. North, John D.: Chaucer. Drake, Stillman: Galileo. Donahue, W.H.: Kepler. Westfall, Richard S.: Newtonian cosmology. Crowe, Michael J.: William Herschel. Smith, Robert W.: Raw power: 19th-century speculum metal reflecting telescopes. Hearnshaw, John B.: Spectroscopy. Smith, Robert W.: Cosmology 1900-1931. Hetherington, Norriss S.: Hubble's cosmology. Kragh, Helge: Big bang cosmology. Kragh, Helge: Steady state theory. Guth, Alan H.: The inflationary universe. Schramm, David N.: Large-scale structure and galaxy formation. Vilenkin, Alexander: Cosmic strings. Halliwell, Jonathan J.: Quantum cosmology and the creation of the universe. Wilson, Patrick A.: The anthropic principle. Dick, Steven J.: Plurality of worlds. Gale, George: Multiple universes. Gale, George, Urani, John R.: Philosophical aspects of cosmology. Drake, Stillman: Galileo and the Inquisition. McMullin, Ernan: Cosmology and religion.
Review Eisberg, J. (1996) Review of "Cosmology: Historical, literary, philosophical, religious, and scientific perspectives". Journal for the History of Astronomy (pp. 86-87).
Review Fayter, P. (1996) Review of "Cosmology: Historical, literary, philosophical, religious, and scientific perspectives". European Legacy (pp. 1790-92).
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