ABSTRACT
This book is a collection of contributions examining cosmology from multiple perspectives. It presents articles on traditional Native American and Chinese cosmologies and traces the historical roots of western cosmology from Mesopotamia and pre-Socratic Greece to medieval cosmology.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|66 pages
Cosmology and Culture
part II|108 pages
The Greeks' Geometrical Cosmos
part III|50 pages
Medieval Cosmology and Literature
part IV|50 pages
The Scientific Revolution
part V|44 pages
Galaxies: from Speculation to Science
part VI|86 pages
The Expanding Universe
part VII|94 pages
Particle Physics and Cosmology
part VIII|70 pages
Cosmology and Philosophy
part IX|38 pages
Cosmology and Religion
