Plurality of worlds : the origins of the extraterrestrial life debate from Democritus to Kant / Steven J. Dick.

Author
Dick, Steven J. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1982.
Description
x, 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Bibliographic references
    Bibliography: p. 222-235.
    Contents
    • One world or an infinity of worlds? the Greek tradition
    • Aristotelian natural law versus Divine omnipotence: the medieval tradition
    • Infinite worlds revisited: the revival of atomism
    • The heliocentric theory, scripture, and the plurality of earths
    • Cartesian vortices, the infinite universe, and the plurality of solar systems
    • Newton, natural theology, and the triumph of the concept of other worlds.
    ISBN
    • 0521243084
    • 9780521243087
    LCCN
    81010165
    OCLC
    7597885
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