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Masks of the Universe
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In Masks of the Universe, Edward Harrison brings together fundamental
scientific, philosophical and religious issues in cosmology and raises thought
provoking questions. Philosophical issues dominated cosmology in the ancient
world. Theological issues ranked foremost in the Middle Ages; astronomy and the
physical sciences have taken over in more recent times. Yet every attempt to
grasp the true nature of the universe creates a new "mask," People have always
pitied the universes of their ancestors, believing that their generation has at
last discovered the "real" universe. Do we now stand at the threshold of knowing
everything, or have we created yet another "mask," doomed to fade like those
preceding ours'Edward Harrison is Adjunct Professor of Astronomy, Steward
Observatory, University of Arizona, and Emeritus Professor of Physics and
Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He worked as a scientist for
the Atomic Energy Research Establishment and the Rutherford High Energy
Laboratory in England until 1966 when he became a Five College professor at the
University of Massachusetts and taught at Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and
Smith College. He is the author of numerous books, including Cosmology: the
Science of the Universe.

Table Of Contents

Preface
1 Introducing the Masks 1
2 The Magic Universe 15
3 The Mythic Universe 29
4 The Geometric Universe 45
5 The Medieval Universe 61
6 The Infinite Universe 81
7 The Mechanistic Universe 101
8 Dance of the Atoms and Waves 123
9 Fabric of Space and Time 141
10 What Then is Time? 163
11 Nearer to the Heart's Desire 173
12 The Cosmic Tide 193
13 Do Dreams Come True? 213
14 The Witch Universe 235
15 The Spear of Archytas 249
16 Ultimum Sentiens 265
17 All That is Made 275
18 The Cloud of Unknowing 289
19 Learned Ignorance 305
Bibliography 311
Index 325

Product Details

* ISBN: 0521773512
* ISBN-13: 9780521773515
* Format: Hardcover, 331pp
* Publisher: Cambridge University Press
* Pub. Date: June 2003
* Edition Description: Second Edition
* Edition Number: 2

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