History Of The Plurality Of Worlds

Author : Pierre Connes
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030414481

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Modern research has demonstrated that many stars are surrounded by planets—some of which might contain the right conditions to harbor life. This has only reinforced a question that has been tormenting scientists, philosophers and priests since Antiquity: Are there other inhabited worlds beyond our own? This book analyzes the many ways that humans have argued for and depicted extraterrestrial life over the centuries. The first known texts about the subject date from as early as the 6th century BC. Since that time, countless well-known historical characters like Lucretius, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Cusanus, Bruno, Kepler, Descartes, and Huygens contributed to the debate; here, their lesser known opinions on the subject are studied in detail. It is often difficult for the modern mind to follow the thinking of our ancestors, which can only be understood when placed in the relevant context. The book thus extends its scope to the evolution of ideas about cosmology in general, as well as the culture in which these great thinkers wrote. The research is presented with the author's insights and humor, making this an easy and enjoyable read.

Author : William Whewell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Plurality of worlds
ISBN : NYPL:33433069112690

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Author : William Whewell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105046465022

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The Plurality of Worlds by William Whewell Pdf

Author : Steven J. Dick
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1984-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521319854

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This book analyses the debate over extraterrestrial life from Aristotle to Kant.

Author : M. de Fontenelle (Bernard Le Bovier)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1803
Category : Plurality of worlds
ISBN : OXFORD:N10897982

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Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds by M. de Fontenelle (Bernard Le Bovier) Pdf

Author : M. de (Bernard Le Bovier) Fontenelle
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780520071711

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Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds by M. de (Bernard Le Bovier) Fontenelle Pdf

Surveying the night sky, a charming philosopher and his hostess, the Marquise, are considering thep ossibility of travelers from the moon. "What if they were skillful enough to navigate on the outer surface of our air, and from there, through their curiosity to see us, they angled for us like fish? Would that please you?" asks the philosopher. "Why not?" the Marquise replies. "As for me, I'd put myself into their nets of my own volition just to have the pleasure of seeing those who caught me." In this imaginary conversation of three hundred years ago, readers can share the excitement of a new, extremely daring view of the uinverse. Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds (Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes), first published in 1686, is one of the best loved classics of the early French enlightenment. Through a series of informal dialogues that take place on successive evenings in the marquise's moonlit gardens, Fontenelle describes the new cosmology of the Copernican world view with matchles clarity, imagination, and wit. Moreover, he boldly makes his interlocutor a woman, inviting female participation in the almost exclusively male province of scientific discourse. The popular Fontenelle lived through an entire century, from 1657 to 1757, and wrote prolifically. H. A. Hargreaves's fresh, appealing translation brings the author's masterpiece to new generations of readers, while the introduction by Nina Rattner Gelbart clearly demonstrates the importance of the Conversations for the history of science, of women, of literature, and of French civilization, and for the popularization of culture.

Author : M. de Fontenelle
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4066338109132

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Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds by M. de Fontenelle Pdf

De Fontenelle was a seventeenth-century writer and astronomer. This is a translation of his very famous and influential work. The conversations of the title are between a knowledgeable man and a woman who has no knowledge of astronomy. The intention of the book was to enable women to learn about the planets and the possibility that life (even if not human life) might exist on other planets.

Author : M. de Fontenelle (Bernard Le Bovier)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1929
Category : Plurality of worlds
ISBN : IND:30000063828226

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A Plurality of Worlds by M. de Fontenelle (Bernard Le Bovier) Pdf

Author : David Lewis
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001-02-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0631224262

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On the Plurality of Worlds by David Lewis Pdf

This book is a defense of modal realism; the thesis that our world is but one of a plurality of worlds, and that the individuals that inhabit our world are only a few out of all the inhabitants of all the worlds. Lewis argues that the philosophical utility of modal realism is a good reason for believing that it is true.

Author : M. De (Bernard Le Bovier) 1. Fontenelle,Miss (Elizabeth) 1769-1823 Gunning, Tr,Joseph Je Ro Me Le Franc Ais Lalande
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 136145749X

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CONVERSATIONS ON THE PLURALITY by M. De (Bernard Le Bovier) 1. Fontenelle,Miss (Elizabeth) 1769-1823 Gunning, Tr,Joseph Je Ro Me Le Franc Ais Lalande Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : William Whewell
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1340686627

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Bernard de Fontenelle
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 0364798769

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Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds (Classic Reprint) by Bernard de Fontenelle Pdf

Excerpt from Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds Whenever I have entered into conversation with any sensible woman on astronomy, I-have always found that she had read Fontenelle's Plurality of Worlds; au'd that his book had excited her. Curiosity on the subject. As it has been so much read already, it must continue to engage at tention: I therefore thought it would be useful to point out its faults; to add some observations, without which the reader would be led into error with respect to the vor tices; to make known the late discoveries; and to shew what numbers, before our author, had written on the plu rality of worlds. But I have made no alterations in the text; the reputation of Fontenelle renders 'him respectable, even in his mistakes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : William Whewell
Publisher : Sagwan Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1298923158

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Author : Behn Aphra 1640-1689,M De (Bernard Le Bovier) 1 Fontenelle
Publisher : Andesite Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1297818458

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A Week's Conversation on the Plurality of Worlds by Behn Aphra 1640-1689,M De (Bernard Le Bovier) 1 Fontenelle Pdf

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Author : M. de Fontenelle (Bernard Le Bovier)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1809
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1017357559

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