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The Prophet and the Astronomer

Author : Marcelo Gleiser
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393324310
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book The Prophet and the Astronomer written by Marcelo Gleiser and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2003 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the shared quest of ancient prophets and today's astronomers to explain the strange phenomena of our skies-from the apocalypse foretold in Revelations to modern science's ongoing identification of multiple cataclysmic threats, including the impact of comets and asteroids on earthly life, the likelihood of future collisions, the meaning of solar eclipses and the death of stars, the implications of black holes for time travel, and the ultimate fate of the universe and time.

The Prophet and the Astronomer: Apocalyptic Science and the End of the World

Author : Marcelo Gleiser
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393352064
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book The Prophet and the Astronomer: Apocalyptic Science and the End of the World written by Marcelo Gleiser and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2003-07-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An intellectual accomplishment that illuminates the magic and the wisdom of the heavens above."—Kirkus Reviews "Tracing our contemplation of the cosmos from the big bang to the big crunch" (The New Yorker), Marcelo Gleiser explores the shared quest of ancient prophets and today's astronomers to explain the strange phenomena of our skies—from the apocalypse foretold in Revelations to modern science's ongoing identification of multiple cataclysmic threats, including the impact of comets and asteroids on earthly life, the likelihood of future collisions, the meaning of solar eclipses and the death of stars, the implications of black holes for time travel, and the ultimate fate of the universe and time. Presenting insights to cosmological science and apocalyptic philosophy in an "easily accessible" (Library Journal) style, Gleiser is "a rare astrophysicist as comfortable quoting Scripture as explaining formulas" (Booklist). K. C. Cole praises his ability to "[work] the entwined threads of science and religion into a vision of 'the end' that is strangely comforting and inspiring."

The Island of Knowledge

Author : Marcelo Gleiser
Publisher : Civitas Books
ISBN 13 : 0465031714
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book The Island of Knowledge written by Marcelo Gleiser and published by Civitas Books. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A natural philosophy expert who is also a physics and astronomy professor discusses the limits of scientific explanations and how our knowledge of the universe and its nature will always remain necessarily incomplete. 15,000 first printing.

Signs in the Heavens

Author : Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad
Publisher : Writers Inc. International
ISBN 13 : 9780962785429
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (854 download)

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Download or read book Signs in the Heavens written by Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad and published by Writers Inc. International. This book was released on 1992 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many scientists have come to realize that science and religion can nurture each other. One example was the flowering of science in the first centuries of Islam. For Dr. Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, a Muslim and an astronomer, studying the universe is an expression of faith. Scientists and non-scientists should appreciate the insights in this passionate and lucid book. Dr. Ahmad's book has been widely acclaimed for its insights into the Islamic approach to science and the spiritual foundations of Western scientists such as Galileo, Newton and Einstein. A Palestinian trained at Harvard, he offers a unique perspective of the role of religion in science.

The Dancing Universe

Author : Marcelo Gleiser
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 1611683955
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book The Dancing Universe written by Marcelo Gleiser and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available again, with a new preface, a physicist's "exceptionally clear summary of 2,500 years of science and a fascinating account of the ways in which it often does intersect with spiritual beliefs" --Kirkus Reviews

Astronomy and Civilization in the New Enlightenment

Author : Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9048197481
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (481 download)

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Book Synopsis Astronomy and Civilization in the New Enlightenment by : Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka

Download or read book Astronomy and Civilization in the New Enlightenment written by Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-11-18 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume represents the first which interfaces with astronomy as the fulcrum of the sciences. It gives full expression to the human passion for the skies. Advancing human civilization has unfolded and matured this passion into the comprehensive science of astronomy. Advancing science’s quest for the first principles of existence meets the ontopoietic generative logos of life, the focal point of the New Enlightenment. It presents numerous perspectives illustrating how the interplay between human beings and the celestial realm has informed civilizational trends. Scholars and philosophers debate in physics and biology, the findings of which are opening a more inclusive, wider picture of the universe. The different models of the universal order and of life here presented, all aiming at the first principles of existence—accord with the phenomenology/ontopoiesis of life within the logos-prompted primogenital stream of becoming and action, which points to a future of progressing culture.

Astronomy in the Old Testament

Author : Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Astronomy in the Old Testament written by Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

New Frontiers in Aging

Author : Olga Brom Spencer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313359342
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book New Frontiers in Aging written by Olga Brom Spencer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-10-30 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As elders are living longer and healthier lives, these additional years call for what author Olga Spencer explains is a new vision and fulfillment of the senior stage. Here psychologist Spencer pinpoints how we can transform our perception of aging, changing from seeing senior years as a time of decline, to seeing this stage as a great opportunity for final, ultimate development. We can all transform our lives, to recognize new, unexpected and vital experiences and potentials, she explains. Enlisting fields as diverse as psychology, medical science, physics and cosmology, Spencer shows us the new frontiers in aging, and how our choices determine our destiny. Spencer also focuses on peak experiences, those moments that are for us validation of life lived fully and with passion, and their importance to seniors to not only fulfillment but also biological wellness and independence ce. Three of her book's major points are that aging begins in the mind, that aging is an obsolete concept, and that lifestyle (not age) determines successful aging. This thought-provoking book, written with the assistance of two medical doctors and a registered dietician, will interest any readers over 50 who want to live their senior years to their fullest, as well as their family members and loved ones, in addition to social workers, mental health professionals, medical professionals, clergy and other professionals in roles caring for seniors.

Al-Biruni

Author : Bridget Lim
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1508171327
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Al-Biruni written by Bridget Lim and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Al-Biruni was an Islamic scholar who served on the courts of more than six caliphs. Like many of the great thinkers of the Islamic world’s Golden Age, his quest for truth motivated him to seek knowledge through research and innovation. He did this in the name of Allah. Al-Biruni set himself apart from his peers through his sheer range of expertise and drive for perfection. His considerable progress in astronomy, mathematics, geography, comparative religion, physical sciences, and history earned the respect of his colleagues, influenced countless academic followers, and remains as an inspiration to all who study his work today.

The Astronomy of the Bible

Author : E. Walter Maunder
Publisher : Blurb
ISBN 13 : 9780368568459
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (684 download)

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Download or read book The Astronomy of the Bible written by E. Walter Maunder and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why should an astronomer write a commentary on the Bible? Because commentators as a rule are not astronomers, and therefore either pass over the astronomical allusions of Scripture in silence, or else annotate them in a way which, from a scientific point of view, leaves much to be desired. Astronomical allusions in the Bible, direct and indirect, are not few in number, and, in order to bring out their full significance, need to be treated astronomically. Astronomy further gives us the power of placing ourselves to some degree in the position of the patriarchs and prophets of old. We know that the same sun and moon, stars and planets, shine upon us as shone upon Abraham and Moses, David and Isaiah. We can, if we will, see the unchanging heavens with their eyes, and understand their attitude towards them.

The Prophet of Berkeley Square

Author : Robert Hichens
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Prophet of Berkeley Square written by Robert Hichens and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1901 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A romance that deals with astrology in passing.

Time, Astronomy, and Calendars in the Jewish Tradition

Author : Sacha Stern
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900425966X
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Book Synopsis Time, Astronomy, and Calendars in the Jewish Tradition by : Sacha Stern

Download or read book Time, Astronomy, and Calendars in the Jewish Tradition written by Sacha Stern and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of time, astronomy, and calendars, has been closely intertwined in the history of Western culture and, more particularly, Jewish tradition. Jewish interest in astronomy was fostered by the Jewish calendar, which was based on the courses of the sun and the moon, whilst astronomy, in turn, led to a better understanding of how time should be reckoned. Time, Astronomy, and Calendars in the Jewish Tradition, edited by Sacha Stern and Charles Burnett, presents a wide selection of original research in this multi-disciplinary field, ranging from Antiquity to the later Middle Ages. Its variety of approaches and sub-themes reflects the relevance of astronomy and calendars to many aspects of Jewish, and more generally ancient and medieval, culture and social history. Contributors include: Jonathan Ben-Dov, Reimund Leicht, Marina Rustow, Francois de Blois, Raymond Mercier, Philipp Nothaft, Josefina Rodriguez Arribas, Ilana Wartenberg, Israel Sandman, Justine Isserles, Anne C. Kineret Sittig, Katharina Keim, and Sacha Stern

A Tear at the Edge of Creation

Author : Marcelo Gleiser
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439127867
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book A Tear at the Edge of Creation written by Marcelo Gleiser and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For millennia, shamans and philosophers, believers and nonbelievers, artists and scientists have tried to make sense of our existence by suggesting that everything is connected, that a mysterious Oneness binds us to everything else. People go to temples, churches, mosques, and synagogues to pray to their divine incarnation of Oneness. Following a surprisingly similar notion, scientists have long asserted that under Nature’s apparent complexity there is a simpler underlying reality. In its modern incarnation, this Theory of Everything would unite the physical laws governing very large bodies (Einstein’s theory of relativity) and those governing tiny ones (quantum mechanics) into a single framework. But despite the brave efforts of many powerful minds, the Theory of Everything remains elusive. It turns out that the universe is not elegant. It is gloriously messy. Overturning more than twenty-five centuries of scientific thought, award-winning physicist Marcelo Gleiser argues that this quest for a Theory of Everything is fundamentally misguided, and he explains the volcanic implications this ideological shift has for humankind. All the evidence points to a scenario in which everything emerges from fundamental imperfections, primordial asymmetries in matter and time, cataclysmic accidents in Earth’s early life, and duplication errors in the genetic code. Imbalance spurs creation. Without asymmetries and imperfections, the universe would be filled with nothing but smooth radiation. A Tear at the Edge of Creation calls for nothing less than a new "humancentrism" to reflect our position in the universal order. All life, but intelligent life in particular, is a rare and precious accident. Our presence here has no meaning outside of itself, but it does have meaning. The unplanned complexity of humankind is all the more beautiful for its improbability. It’s time for science to let go of the old aesthetic that labels perfection beautiful and holds that "beauty is truth." It’s time to look at the evidence without centuries of monotheistic baggage. In this lucid, down-to-earth narrative, Gleiser walks us through the basic and cutting-edge science that fueled his own transformation from unifier to doubter—a fascinating scientific quest that led him to a new understanding of what it is to be human.

The end of the world; or, Prophecy, a lost science, revealed, ed. [really written] by J.L. Hance

Author : J L. Hance
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The end of the world; or, Prophecy, a lost science, revealed, ed. [really written] by J.L. Hance written by J L. Hance and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Family Magazine

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Family Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

Author : Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 860 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada written by Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Library catalogue in 1911" (31 p.) appended to v. 4.

The Astronomy of the Bible

Author : E. Walter Maunder
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781515291206
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book The Astronomy of the Bible written by E. Walter Maunder and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why should an astronomer write a commentary on the Bible? Because commentators as a rule are not astronomers, and therefore either pass over the astronomical allusions of Scripture in silence, or else annotate them in a way which, from a scientific point of view, leaves much to be desired. Astronomical allusions in the Bible, direct and indirect, are not few in number, and, in order to bring out their full significance, need to be treated astronomically. Astronomy further gives us the power of placing ourselves to some degree in the position of the patriarchs and prophets of old. We know that the same sun and moon, stars and planets, shine upon us as shone upon Abraham and Moses, David and Isaiah. We can, if we will, see the unchanging heavens with their eyes, and understand their attitude towards them. It is worth while for us so to do. For the immense advances in science, made since the Canon of Holy Scripture was closed, and especially during the last three hundred years, may enable us to realize the significance of a most remarkable fact. Even in those early ages, when to all the nations surrounding Israel the heavenly bodies were objects for divination or idolatry, the attitude of the sacred writers toward them was perfect in its sanity and truth.