Author: William Whiston
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781498136501
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1737 Edition.
A New Theory of the Earth
Author: William Whiston
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781498136501
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1737 Edition.
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781498136501
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1737 Edition.
William Whiston
Author: James E. Force
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521524889
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A study of Sir Isaac Newton's successor as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521524889
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A study of Sir Isaac Newton's successor as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge.
Geology and Religion
Author: Martina Kölbl-Ebert
Publisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 9781862392694
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The book discusses this long-standing relationship from a historical point of view, which in the past has been sometimes indifferent, sometimes fruitful and sometimes full of conflict. The relationship continues well into the present. While Christian fundamentalists attack evolution and related palaeontological findings as well as the geological evidence of the age of the Earth, mainstream theologians strive for a fruitful dialogue between science and religion. Much of what is written and discussed today can only be understood, when the historical perspective is added. This book considers the following topics: the development of geology from mythological approaches towards the European Enlightenment, Biblical or Geological Flood and the age of the Earth, geology within 'religious' organizations, biographical case studies of geological clerics and religious geologists, religion and evolution, historical aspects of creationism and its motives.
Publisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 9781862392694
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The book discusses this long-standing relationship from a historical point of view, which in the past has been sometimes indifferent, sometimes fruitful and sometimes full of conflict. The relationship continues well into the present. While Christian fundamentalists attack evolution and related palaeontological findings as well as the geological evidence of the age of the Earth, mainstream theologians strive for a fruitful dialogue between science and religion. Much of what is written and discussed today can only be understood, when the historical perspective is added. This book considers the following topics: the development of geology from mythological approaches towards the European Enlightenment, Biblical or Geological Flood and the age of the Earth, geology within 'religious' organizations, biographical case studies of geological clerics and religious geologists, religion and evolution, historical aspects of creationism and its motives.
Literature and Science, 1660-1834, Part II vol 6
Author: Judith Hawley
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 104023254X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
This volume reproduces primary texts which embody the polymathic nature of the literature of science, and provides editorial overviews and extensive references, to provide a resource for specialized academics and researchers with a broad cultural interest in the long 18th century.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 104023254X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
This volume reproduces primary texts which embody the polymathic nature of the literature of science, and provides editorial overviews and extensive references, to provide a resource for specialized academics and researchers with a broad cultural interest in the long 18th century.
Atlantis
Author: Emmet John Sweeney
Publisher: Algora Publishing
ISBN: 0875867731
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Historian Emmet Sweeney persuasively intertwines history and literary references with hard science - from archaeology and anthropology to genetics and geology - to prove the existence of an ancient trans-Atlantic link between the Old World and the New. Sweeney examines: bull; The geological certainty of a sunken island in the Azores; bull; The Human Genome Project's startling revelation that 3% of Native American DNA is characteristic of people of south-west Europe and the Atlas Mountains - whose inhabitants, as late as Roman times, called themselves 'Atlanteans'; bull; Archaeological and cultural proof of a relationship between the Stone Age and Early Bronze Age civilizations of North America and South-West Europe; bull; The occurrence of cocaine and tobacco, two American narcotics, in many Egyptian mummies. Piece by piece, Sweeney constructs a compelling case for not just the probability, but the necessity, of an Atlantic stepping-stone, the missing link that transmitted both the culture and biology of Europe to America, millennia before Columbus! Atlantis: The Evidence of Science argues, as never before, that Atlantis should rise to take its place in history, not myth.
Publisher: Algora Publishing
ISBN: 0875867731
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Historian Emmet Sweeney persuasively intertwines history and literary references with hard science - from archaeology and anthropology to genetics and geology - to prove the existence of an ancient trans-Atlantic link between the Old World and the New. Sweeney examines: bull; The geological certainty of a sunken island in the Azores; bull; The Human Genome Project's startling revelation that 3% of Native American DNA is characteristic of people of south-west Europe and the Atlas Mountains - whose inhabitants, as late as Roman times, called themselves 'Atlanteans'; bull; Archaeological and cultural proof of a relationship between the Stone Age and Early Bronze Age civilizations of North America and South-West Europe; bull; The occurrence of cocaine and tobacco, two American narcotics, in many Egyptian mummies. Piece by piece, Sweeney constructs a compelling case for not just the probability, but the necessity, of an Atlantic stepping-stone, the missing link that transmitted both the culture and biology of Europe to America, millennia before Columbus! Atlantis: The Evidence of Science argues, as never before, that Atlantis should rise to take its place in history, not myth.
Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol": The Ultimate Unauthorized and Independent Reading Guide
Author:
Publisher: Punked Books
ISBN: 1908375019
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Publisher: Punked Books
ISBN: 1908375019
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
A Brief Retrospect of the Eighteenth Century
Author: Samuel Miller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
a critical dictionary of english literature and british and american authors
Author: s. austin allibone
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Story of Western Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory
Author: Susan Wise Bauer
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393243273
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
A riveting road map to the development of modern scientific thought. In the tradition of her perennial bestseller The Well-Educated Mind, Susan Wise Bauer delivers an accessible, entertaining, and illuminating springboard into the scientific education you never had. Far too often, public discussion of science is carried out by journalists, voters, and politicians who have received their science secondhand. The Story of Western Science shows us the joy and importance of reading groundbreaking science writing for ourselves and guides us back to the masterpieces that have changed the way we think about our world, our cosmos, and ourselves. Able to be referenced individually, or read together as the narrative of Western scientific development, the book's twenty-eight succinct chapters lead readers from the first science texts by Hippocrates, Plato, and Aristotle through twentieth-century classics in biology, physics, and cosmology. The Story of Western Science illuminates everything from mankind's earliest inquiries to the butterfly effect, from the birth of the scientific method to the rise of earth science and the flowering of modern biology. Each chapter recommends one or more classic books and provides entertaining accounts of crucial contributions to science, vivid sketches of the scientist-writers, and clear explanations of the mechanics underlying each concept. The Story of Western Science reveals science to be a dramatic undertaking practiced by some of history's most memorable characters. It reminds us that scientific inquiry is a human pursuit—an essential, often deeply personal, sometimes flawed, frequently brilliant way of understanding the world. The Story of Western Science is an "entertaining and unique synthesis" (Times Higher Education), a "fluidly written" narrative that "celebrates the inexorable force of human curiosity" (Wall Street Journal), and a "bright, informative resource for readers seeking to understand science through the eyes of the men and women who shaped its history" (Kirkus). Previously published as The Story of Science.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393243273
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
A riveting road map to the development of modern scientific thought. In the tradition of her perennial bestseller The Well-Educated Mind, Susan Wise Bauer delivers an accessible, entertaining, and illuminating springboard into the scientific education you never had. Far too often, public discussion of science is carried out by journalists, voters, and politicians who have received their science secondhand. The Story of Western Science shows us the joy and importance of reading groundbreaking science writing for ourselves and guides us back to the masterpieces that have changed the way we think about our world, our cosmos, and ourselves. Able to be referenced individually, or read together as the narrative of Western scientific development, the book's twenty-eight succinct chapters lead readers from the first science texts by Hippocrates, Plato, and Aristotle through twentieth-century classics in biology, physics, and cosmology. The Story of Western Science illuminates everything from mankind's earliest inquiries to the butterfly effect, from the birth of the scientific method to the rise of earth science and the flowering of modern biology. Each chapter recommends one or more classic books and provides entertaining accounts of crucial contributions to science, vivid sketches of the scientist-writers, and clear explanations of the mechanics underlying each concept. The Story of Western Science reveals science to be a dramatic undertaking practiced by some of history's most memorable characters. It reminds us that scientific inquiry is a human pursuit—an essential, often deeply personal, sometimes flawed, frequently brilliant way of understanding the world. The Story of Western Science is an "entertaining and unique synthesis" (Times Higher Education), a "fluidly written" narrative that "celebrates the inexorable force of human curiosity" (Wall Street Journal), and a "bright, informative resource for readers seeking to understand science through the eyes of the men and women who shaped its history" (Kirkus). Previously published as The Story of Science.
A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased
Author: Samuel Austin Allibone
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description