From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe
Publisher: Peter Smith Pub
Published: June 1983
Format: Textbook Binding
ISBN-13: 9780844659961
Subjects: Cosmology
First sentence: The conception of the infinity of the universe, like everything else or nearly everything else, originates, of course, with the Greeks; and it is certain that the speculations of the Greek thinkers about the infinity of space and the multiplicity of worlds have played an important part in the history we shall be dealing with.