Masks of the Universe: Changing Ideas on the Nature of the CosmosCambridge University Press, 8.5.2003 To the ancient Greeks the universe consisted of earth, air, fire, and water. To Saint Augustine it was the Word of God. To many modern scientists it is the dance of atoms and waves, and in years to come it may be different again. What then is the real Universe? History shows that in every age each society constructs its own universe, believing it to be the real and final Universe. Yet each universe is only a model or mask of the unknown Universe. Originally published in 2003, this book brings together fundamental scientific, philosophical, and religious issues in cosmology, raising thought-provoking questions. In every age people have pitied the universes of their ancestors, convinced that they have at last discovered the ultimate truth. Does the modern model stand at the threshold of discovering everything, or will it, like all the rest, come to be pitied? |
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The Medieval Universe | 61 |
The Infinite Universe | 81 |
The Mechanistic Universe | 101 |
Dance of the Atoms and Waves | 121 |
Fabric of Space and Time | 139 |
Do Dreams Come True? | 211 |
The Witch Universe | 233 |
The Spear of Archytas | 247 |
Ultimum Sentiens | 263 |
All That is Made | 273 |
The Cloud of Unknowing | 287 |
Learned Ignorance | 303 |
Bibliography | 309 |
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