From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe (Hideyo Noguchi Lecture)
Edition: Sixth printing edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: October 1, 1968
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780801803475
Subjects: Cosmology & the universe; History of ideas, intellectual history; History of science; Cosmology; Philosophy; Literary Criticism; History; History & Surveys - 17th/18th Century; Science / History
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.