Cosmic Roots: The Conflict Between Science And Religion And How It Led To The Secular Age - Couverture rigide

Egdall, Ira Mark

 
9789811251382: Cosmic Roots: The Conflict Between Science And Religion And How It Led To The Secular Age
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ISBN 10 : 981125138X ISBN 13 : 9789811251382
Editeur : WSPC, 2022

Synopsis

Cosmic Roots traces the five-thousand-year conflict between science and religion — and how it has shaped our modern secular worldview. Told with rare clarity and striking insight, this fascinating and thought-provoking book focuses on the history of cosmology and its sister science astronomy. For it was discoveries within these great disciplines which first led to the conflict between science and religion. The story begins with the cosmological beliefs of the ancients — from the flat Earth models of the Sumerians and Hebrews to the Greek notion of the orbits of planets as divine circles. Topics progress from Aristotle and Ptolemy's integrated planetary models to the Sun-centered cosmologies of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and the great Isaac Newton. Their combined scientific achievements stand as testimony to the power and imagination of the human mind. This meticulously researched narrative also traces the roots of Western religion, based on historical events and archeological evidence. It takes us on a captivating journey through Western religious history — from ancient paganism to the ethical monotheism of the Hebrews, Christians, and Moslems. Along the way, we follow the rise and fall of civilizations, of empires, cycles of war and peace, unification and division. The book concludes with how Darwin came up with his theory of evolution and the impact of modern physics on religious beliefs. The cumulative effect of the scientific discoveries presented in Cosmic Roots has, for better or for worse, led to the separation of science and religion we see in Western culture today.

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Éditeur
WSPC
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
981125138X
ISBN 13 
9789811251382
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
512
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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Hamburg
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9789811252471: Cosmic Roots: The Conflict Between Science And Religion And How It Led To The Secular Age

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ISBN 10 :  9811252475 ISBN 13 :  9789811252471
Editeur : WSPC, 2022
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