History of the Plurality of Worlds [E-Book] : The Myths of Extraterrestrials Through the Ages / by Pierre Connes ; edited by James Lequeux.
Modern research has demonstrated that many stars are surrounded by planets-some of which might contain the right conditions to harbor life. This has only reinforced a question that has been tormenting scientists, philosophers and priests since Antiquity: Are there other inhabited worlds beyond our o...
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Personal Name(s): | Connes, Pierre, author |
Lequeux, James, editor | |
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1st edition 2020. |
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Cham :
Springer,
2020
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Physical Description: |
XIII, 406 pages 55 illustrations, 27 illustrations in color (online resource) |
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englisch |
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9783030414481 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-030-41448-1 |
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Historical & Cultural Astronomy
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- 1. Introduction: Myth or fact/reality
- 2. From Anaximander to Lucretius: Plurality from chance
- 3. Pythagoras, Plato and Ptolemy: Unicity by design
- 4. Plutarch's De Facie: The Moon is another Earth
- 5. Patristic cosmology confirms the single world
- 6. Scholastics invent virtual Plurality
- 7. Nicolaus Cusanus: Homogeneous Cosmos
- 8. Nicolaus Copernicus: Earth no center
- 9. Giordano Bruno: Lame compasses but agile pen
- 10. Galileo Galilei: Technicians oust metaphysicians
- 11. Johannes Kepler: Servo-controlled planets orbiting a Sun-God
- 12. René Descartes and Cartesians: Multiple worlds from vortex power
- 13. Christiaan Huygens: Humans give its present-day form extraterrestrial intelligence
- 14. The time coordinate of Plurality
- 15. The discovery of time
- 16. Epilogue: Today's myth
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Index.