Book ID: CBB000020296

Plurality of worlds: The origins of the extraterrestrial life debate from Democritus to Kant (1982)

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Dick, Steven J. (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 1982
Physical Details: x + 246 pp.; illus.; bibl.; index

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Review Ginsberg, R. (1987) Review of "Plurality of worlds: The origins of the extraterrestrial life debate from Democritus to Kant". Review of Metaphysics (pp. 129-31). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Dick, Steven J.
Crowe, Michael J.
Bartholomew, Robert E.
Brookesmith, Peter
Clark, Jerome
Devereux, Paul
Journals
Leonardo
Zygon
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Blackwell
Counterpoint
Dutton
Facts on File
Indiana University Press
Concepts
Biogenesis; origin of life; spontaneous generation
Heredity
Philosophy of science
Embryology
Development; growth; life; death
Time Periods
20th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
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