The SleepwalkersPresents an account of the scientific achievements and lives of cosmologists from Babylonians to Newton. |
Contents
Introduction by Herbert Butterfield M A | 9 |
DAWN | 19 |
THE HARMONY OF THE SPHERES | 26 |
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The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe Arthur Koestler Limited preview - 2017 |
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