From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe - Couverture souple

Koyr, Prof Alexandre

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0801803470 ISBN 13 : 9780801803475

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1968

Synopsis

During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries a radical change occurred in the patterns and the framework of European thought. In the wake of discoveries through the telescope and Copernican theory, the notion of an ordered cosmos of "fixed stars" gave way to that of a universe infinite in both time and space -- with significant and far-reaching consequences for human thought. Alexandre Koyré interprets this revolution in terms of the change that occurred in our conception of the universe and our place in it and shows the primacy of this change in the development of the modern world.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alexandre Koyré was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and professor at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes in Paris. His books include Discovering Plato and Newtonian Studies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 1968
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801803470
• ISBN 13: 9780801803475
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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