The sleepwalkers : a history of man's changing vision of the universe. With an introd. by Herbert Butterfield.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The sleepwalkersPublication details: London, Hutchinson 1977Edition: ReprintDescription: 624 p. illus. 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780141394534/ 0141394536
Uniform titles:
  • Sleep walkers
Subject(s): DDC 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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Books Books Asiatic Society of Mumbai 215 Koe/Sle (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 197972

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