Description
Product ID: | 9780141394534 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
Title: | The Sleepwalkers |
Subtitle: | A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe |
Authors: | Author: Arthur Koestler |
Page Count: | 592 |
Subjects: | Popular astronomy and space, Popular astronomy & space |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Dissects the sterile distinction between 'sciences' and 'humanities' to bring to life the whole history of cosmology from the Babylonians to Newton. The author shows how the tragic split between science and religion arose and how the modern world-view replaced the medieval world-view in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. Arthur Koestler''s extraordinary history of humanity''s changing vision of the universe |
Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2014-08-07 |