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Wayfarers in the cosmos : the human quest for meaning / George V. Coyne and Alessandro Omizzolo.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Publication details: New York : Crossroad, c2002.Description: vii, 184 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0824519124 (hc)
Uniform titles:
  • Viandanti nell'universo. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 291.2/4 21
LOC classification:
  • BX1795.S35 C69 2002
Contents:
Our first steps, our ancestors -- The pathway of the Greeks -- Toward a creator of the created -- Copernicus and his revolution -- Galileo and the birth pangs of modern science -- The age of rationalism : principal protagonists, Descartes and Newton -- The stars look down on us -- A myriad of island universes -- Journey without end.
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Books Books SAIACS Reference Section 291.24 C881W (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available SAIACS 041443

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-177) and index.

Our first steps, our ancestors -- The pathway of the Greeks -- Toward a creator of the created -- Copernicus and his revolution -- Galileo and the birth pangs of modern science -- The age of rationalism : principal protagonists, Descartes and Newton -- The stars look down on us -- A myriad of island universes -- Journey without end.

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