Cosmology: Historical, Literary,Philosophical, Religous and Scientific Perspectives

by Hetherington,Norriss S.

• ISBN13: 9780815309345
• ISBN10: 0815309341
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1993-08-01
• Publisher: CRC Press

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
I. Cosmology and Culture	3	(66)
Introduction Different Cultures, Different Cosmologies	3	(6)
1. Native American Cosmologies	9	(16)
Stephen C. McCluskey
2. Chinese Cosmology	25	(12)
Joseph Needham
Colin Ronan
3. Mesopotamian Cosmology	37	(16)
F. Rochberg
4. The Presocratics	53	(16)
Norriss S. Hetherington
II. The Greeks' Geometrical Cosmos	69	(108)
Introduction To Save the Phenomena	69	(10)
5. Plato's Cosmology	79	(16)
Norriss S. Hetherington
6. Aristotle's Cosmology	95	(10)
Norriss S. Hetherington
7. Ptolemy	105	(42)
James Evans
8. Copernicus	147	(30)
Michel-Pierre Lerner
Jean-Pierre Verdet
James Evans
III. Medieval Cosmology and Literature	177	(50)
Introduction The Aristotelian World View	177	(4)
9. Medieval Cosmology	181	(20)
Edward Grant
10. Dante's Moral Cosmology	201	(16)
Alison Cornish
11. Chaucer	217	(10)
J.D. North
IV. The Scientific Revolution	227	(50)
Introduction A New Physics and a New Cosmology	227	(8)
12. Galileo	235	(4)
Stillman Drake
13. Kepler	239	(24)
W.H. Donahue
14. Newtonian Cosmology	263	(14)
Richard S. Westfall
V. Galaxies: from Speculation to Science	277	(44)
Introduction A Rational Order for the Cosmos	277	(4)
15. William Herschel	281	(8)
Michael J. Crowe
16. Raw Power: Nineteenth-Century Speculum Metal Reflecting Telescopes	289	(12)
Robert W. Smith
17. Spectroscopy	301	(20)
John B. Hearnshaw
VI. The Expanding Universe	321	(86)
Introduction The Great Debate	321	(8)
18. Cosmology 1900-1931	329	(18)
Robert W. Smith
19. Hubble's Cosmology	347	(24)
Norriss S. Hetherington
20. Big Bang Cosmology	371	(20)
Helge Kragh
21. Steady State Theory	391	(16)
Helge Kragh
VII. Particle Physics and Cosmology	407	(94)
Introduction The Ultimate Accelerator	407	(4)
22. The Inflationary Universe	411	(36)
Alan H. Guth
23. Large-Scale Structure and Galaxy Formation	447	(16)
David N. Schramm
24. Cosmic Strings	463	(14)
Alexander Vilenkin
25. Quantum Cosmology and the Creation of the Universe	477	(24)
Jonathan J. Halliwell
VIII. Cosmology and Philosophy	501	(70)
Introduction Thinking about the Universe	501	(4)
26. The Anthropic Principle	505	(10)
Patrick A. Wilson
27. Plurality of Worlds	515	(18)
Steven J. Dick
28. Multiple Universes	533	(14)
George Gale
29. Philosophical Aspects of Cosmology	547	(24)
George Gale
John R. Urani
IX. Cosmology and Religion	571	(36)
Introduction The Copernican Revolution	571	(4)
30. Galileo and the Inquisition	575	(6)
Stillman Drake
31. Cosmology and Religion	581	(26)
Ernan McMullin
Index	607