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Description edit
Bringing the history of cosmology--from the Babylonians to Newton--to life in a masterly synthesis, Koestler shows how the modern world-view replaced the medieval world-view in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century.
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Characters/People edit
- Johannes Kepler: Add a description of this character.
- Tycho
- Rheticus
- Canon Koppernigk
- Giese
- Dantiscus
- Osiander
- Maestlin
- Andreas
- Katherine
- Nicolas Koppernigk
- Luther
- Bellarmine
- Lucas
- Herakleides
- Melanchton
- Ptolemy
- Aristarchus
- Gratz
- Grassi
- Wallenstein
- Aristotle
- Frederick
- Riccardi
- Hipparchus
- Magini
- Heinrich
- Newton
- Ma Kepler
- Frau Barbara
- Pythagoras
- Scheiner
- Wuerttemberg
- Foscarini
- Duke
- Weil
- Cusa
- Grienberger
- Leonardo
- Augustine
- Adam
- Fabricius
- Macrobius
- Bruce
- Castelli
Setting & Locations edit
- Rome
- Prague
- Mars
- Jupiter
- Frauenburg
- Italy
- Europe
- Linz
- Germany
- Ermland
- Florence
- Wittenberg
- Padua
- Tuebingen
- Bologna
- Cracow
- Benatek
- Nuremberg
- Danzig
- Greece
- Leipzig
- Venice
- Vistula
- Pisa
- Denmark
- Middle Ages
- Ulm
- Paris
- England
- Uraniburg
- Torun
- Prussia
- Leonberg
- Vatican
- Hungary
- France
- Divine Providence
- Styria
- Vienna
- Moon
- Tuscan Ambassador
- Samos
- Basle
- Bohemia
- Ratisbon
- China
- Alexandria
- Sunspots
- Austria
- B.c.
First Sentence edit
We can add to our knowledge, but we cannot subtract from it.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Arthur Koestler (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 523.109
Subjects edit
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Astronomy › Cosmology
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Astronomy › Astronomy
- Books › Science › Astronomy › Universe
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Religious Studies › Science & Religion
- Books › Science › Astronomy › Astronomy
- Books › Science › Astronomy › Cosmology
- Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy › Metaphysics
- Books › History › Historical Study › History of Ideas
- Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy › Modern
- Books › Science › Physics › Cosmology
- Books › Science › History & Philosophy
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Occult
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › New Age
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