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Author : Balfour Stewart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Unseen Universe written by Balfour Stewart and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Clarence Percy Gilmore
Publisher : Schocken
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (311 download)
Download or read book The Unseen Universe written by Clarence Percy Gilmore and published by Schocken. This book was released on 1974 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Snezana Lawrence
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191007552
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Mathematicians and their Gods written by Snezana Lawrence and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To open a newspaper or turn on the television it would appear that science and religion are polar opposites - mutually exclusive bedfellows competing for hearts and minds. There is little indication of the rich interaction between religion and science throughout history, much of which continues today. From ancient to modern times, mathematicians have played a key role in this interaction. This is a book on the relationship between mathematics and religious beliefs. It aims to show that, throughout scientific history, mathematics has been used to make sense of the 'big' questions of life, and that religious beliefs sometimes drove mathematicians to mathematics to help them make sense of the world. Containing contributions from a wide array of scholars in the fields of philosophy, history of science and history of mathematics, this book shows that the intersection between mathematics and theism is rich in both culture and character. Chapters cover a fascinating range of topics including the Sect of the Pythagoreans, Newton's views on the apocalypse, Charles Dodgson's Anglican faith and Gödel's proof of the existence of God.
Author : Rudy von Bitter Rucker
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395393888
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (938 download)
Download or read book The Fourth Dimension written by Rudy von Bitter Rucker and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1985 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed description of what the fourth dimension would be like.
Author : Richard Noakes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107188547
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Physics and Psychics written by Richard Noakes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-17 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noakes' revelatory analysis of Victorian scientists' fascination with psychic phenomena connects science, the occult and religion in intriguing new ways.
Author : Helge S. Kragh
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317142470
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)
Download or read book Entropic Creation written by Helge S. Kragh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entropic Creation is the first English-language book to consider the cultural and religious responses to the second law of thermodynamics, from around 1860 to 1920. According to the second law of thermodynamics, as formulated by the German physicist Rudolf Clausius, the entropy of any closed system will inevitably increase in time, meaning that the system will decay and eventually end in a dead state of equilibrium. Application of the law to the entire universe, first proposed in the 1850s, led to the prediction of a future 'heat death', where all life has ceased and all organization dissolved. In the late 1860s it was pointed out that, as a consequence of the heat death scenario, the universe can have existed only for a finite period of time. According to the 'entropic creation argument', thermodynamics warrants the conclusion that the world once begun or was created. It is these two scenarios, allegedly consequences of the science of thermodynamics, which form the core of this book. The heat death and the claim of cosmic creation were widely discussed in the period 1870 to 1920, with participants in the debate including European scientists, intellectuals and social critics, among them the physicist William Thomson and the communist thinker Friedrich Engels. One reason for the passion of the debate was that some authors used the law of entropy increase to argue for a divine creation of the world. Consequently, the second law of thermodynamics became highly controversial. In Germany in particular, materialists and positivists engaged in battle with Christian - mostly Catholic - scholars over the cosmological consequences of thermodynamics. This heated debate, which is today largely forgotten, is reconstructed and examined in detail in this book, bringing into focus key themes on the interactions between cosmology, physics, religion and ideology, and the public way in which these topics were discussed in the latter half of the nineteenth and the first years of the twentieth century.
Author : Liz Moore
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393245004
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)
Download or read book The Unseen World: A Novel written by Liz Moore and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Long Bright River: The moving story of a daughter’s quest to discover the truth about her beloved father’s hidden past. Ada Sibelius is raised by David, her brilliant, eccentric, socially inept single father, who directs a computer science lab in 1980s-era Boston. Home-schooled, Ada accompanies David to work every day; by twelve, she is a painfully shy prodigy. The lab begins to gain acclaim at the same time that David’s mysterious history comes into question. When his mind begins to falter, leaving Ada virtually an orphan, she is taken in by one of David’s colleagues. Soon she embarks on a mission to uncover her father’s secrets: a process that carries her from childhood to adulthood. What Ada discovers on her journey into a virtual universe will keep the reader riveted until The Unseen World’s heart-stopping, fascinating conclusion.
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Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Church Quarterly Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jaume Navarro
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192517791
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)
Download or read book Ether and Modernity written by Jaume Navarro and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-30 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ether and Modernity offers a snapshot of the status of an epistemic object, the "ether" (or "aether"), in the early twentieth century. The contributed papers show that the ether was often regarded as one of the objects of modernity, hand in hand with the electron, radioactivity or X-rays, and not simply as the stubborn residue of an old-fashioned, long-discarded science. The prestige and authority of scientists and popularisers like Oliver Lodge and Arthur Eddington in Britain, Phillip Lenard in Germany or Dayton C. Miller in the USA was instrumental in the preservation, defence or even re-emergence of the ether in the 1920s. Moreover, the consolidation of wireless communications and radio broadcasting, indeed a very modern technology, brought the ether into audiences that would otherwise never have heard about such an esoteric entity. The ether also played a pivotal role among some artists in the early twentieth century: the values of modernism found in the complexities and contradictions of modern physics, such as wireless action or wave-particle puzzles, a fertile ground for the development of new artistic languages; in literature as much as in the pictorial and performing arts. Essays on the intellectual foundations of Umberto Boccioni's art, the linguistic techniques of Lodge, and Ernst Mach's considerations on aesthetics and physics witness to the imbricate relationship between the ether and modernism. Last but not least, the ether played a fundamental part in the resurgence of modern spiritualism in the aftermath of the Great War. This book examines the complex array of meanings, strategies and milieus that enabled the ether to remain an active part in scientific and cultural debates well into the 1930s, but not beyond. This portrait may be easily regarded as the swan song of an epistemic object that was soon to fade away as shown by Paul Dirac's unsuccessful attempt to resuscitate some kind of aether in 1951, with which this book finishes.
Author : MANSFIELD MERRIMAN
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book William Kingdon Clifford written by MANSFIELD MERRIMAN and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Kingdon Clifford by Mansfield Merriman is a biographical work that explores the life and contributions of the renowned English mathematician and philosopher, William Kingdon Clifford. Through meticulous research and insightful analysis, the book delves into Clifford's groundbreaking work in mathematics and his profound influence on the development of philosophical thought. Key Points: Merriman's biography offers a comprehensive portrait of William Kingdon Clifford, shedding light on his remarkable intellectual journey and his significant contributions to both mathematics and philosophy. The book explores Clifford's pioneering work in geometry, his influential ideas on the nature of knowledge and belief, and his lasting impact on the fields of science and philosophy. The biography situates Clifford's work within the intellectual and cultural context of his time, providing readers with a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities he faced. It examines the broader scientific and philosophical developments of the era, highlighting the ways in which Clifford's ideas challenged prevailing beliefs and laid the groundwork for future advancements. William Kingdon Clifford not only celebrates the life of a remarkable thinker but also highlights the interconnectedness of mathematics and philosophy. The book demonstrates how Clifford's multidisciplinary approach and his commitment to the pursuit of truth bridged the gap between these two disciplines, inspiring subsequent generations of scholars to explore the fascinating intersections between mathematics, science, and philosophy.
Author : Roger Luckhurst
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 9780199249626
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (496 download)
Download or read book The Invention of Telepathy, 1870-1901 written by Roger Luckhurst and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2002 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Invention of Telepathy explores one of the enduring concepts to emerge from the late nineteenth century. Telepathy was coined by Frederic Myers in 1882. He defined it as 'the communication of any kind from one mind to another, independently of the recognised channels of sense'. By 1901 it had become a disputed phenomenon amongst physical scientists yet was the 'royal road' to the unconscious mind. Telepathy was discussed by eminent men and women of the day, including Sigmund Freud, Thomas Huxley, Henry and William James, Mary Kingsley, Andrew Lang, Vernon Lee, W.T. Stead, and Oscar Wilde. Did telepathy signal evolutionary advance or possible decline? Could it be a means of binding the Empire closer together, or was it used by natives to subvert imperial communications? Were women more sensitive than men, and if so why? Roger Luckhurst investigates these questions in a study that mixes history of science with cultural history and literary analysis.
Author : Epes Sargent
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Scientific Basis of Spiritualism written by Epes Sargent and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Epes Sargent
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385456061
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (854 download)
Download or read book The Scientific Basis of Spiritualism written by Epes Sargent and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-05-04 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marja Härmänmaa
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137470860
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)
Download or read book Decadence, Degeneration, and the End written by Marja Härmänmaa and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-19 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art and literature during the European fin-de-siècle period often manifested themes of degeneration and decay, both of bodies and civilizations, as well as illness, bizarre sexuality, and general morbidity. This collection explores these topics in relation to artists and writers as diverse as Oscar Wilde, August Strindberg, and Aubrey Beardsley.
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Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Coming Day written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Fergusson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191077224
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The History of Scottish Theology, Volume II written by David Fergusson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-12 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This three-volume work comprises over eighty essays surveying the history of Scottish theology from the early middle ages onwards. Written by an international team of scholars, the collection provides the most comprehensive review yet of the theological movements, figures, and themes that have shaped Scottish culture and exercised a significant influence in other parts of the world. Attention is given to different traditions and to the dispersion of Scottish theology through exile, migration, and missionary activity. The volumes present in diachronic perspective the theologies that have flourished in Scotland from early monasticism until the end of the twentieth century. The History of Scottish Theology, Volume I covers the period from the appearance of Christianity around the time of Columba to the era of Reformed Orthodoxy in the seventeenth century. Volume II begins with the early Enlightenment and concludes in late Victorian Scotland. Volume III explores the 'long twentieth century'. Recurrent themes and challenges are assessed, but also new currents and theological movements that arose through Renaissance humanism, Reformation teaching, federal theology, the Scottish Enlightenment, evangelicalism, missionary, Biblical criticism, idealist philosophy, dialectical theology, and existentialism. Chapters also consider the Scots Catholic colleges in Europe, Gaelic women writers, philosophical scepticism, the dialogue with science, and the reception of theology in liturgy, hymnody, art, literature, architecture, and stained glass. Contributors also discuss the treatment of theological themes in Scottish literature.
Author : Lara Pauline Karpenko
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 047213017X
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)
Download or read book Strange Science written by Lara Pauline Karpenko and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating look at scientific inquiry during the Victorian period and the shifting boundary between mainstream and unorthodox sciences of the time
