The sleepwalkers : a history of man's changing vision of the universe. With an introd. by Herbert Butterfield.
By: Koestler, Arthur.
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BookSeries: The sleepwalkers. Publisher: London, Hutchinson 1977Edition: Reprint.Description: 624 p. illus. 22 cm.ISBN: 9780141394534/ 0141394536.Uniform titles: Sleep walkers Subject(s): Astronomy -- History | Religion and science -- HistoryDDC classification: 215 Koe/Sle Summary: 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
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it includes index
Includes selected bibliography.p.557-617
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
