The Resource To explain the world : the discovery of modern science, Steven Weinberg
To explain the world : the discovery of modern science, Steven Weinberg
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The item To explain the world : the discovery of modern science, Steven Weinberg represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Georgetown Peabody Library.
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- Summary
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- "Weinberg takes us across centuries from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad and Oxford, from Plato's Academy and the Museum of Alexandria to the cathedral school of Chartres and the Royal Society of London. He shows that the scientists of ancient and medieval times not only did not understand what we understand about the world--they did not understand what there is to understand, or how to understand it. Yet over the centuries, through the struggle to solve such mysteries as the curious backward movement of the planets and the rise and fall of the tides, the modern discipline of science eventually emerged"--Amazon.com
- Presents a commentary on the history of science that examines historic clashes and collaborations between science and the competing realms of religion, technology, poetry, mathematics, and philosophy
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 416 pages
- Contents
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- Part I: Greek physics. Matter and poetry ; Music and mathematics ; Motion and philosophy ; Hellenistic physics and technology ; Ancient science and religion
- Part II: Greek astronomy. The uses of astronomy ; Measuring the sun, moon, and earth ; The problem of the planets
- Part III: The Middle Ages. The Arabs ; Medieval Europe
- Part IV: The scientific revolution. The solar system solved ; Experiments begun ; Method reconsidered ; The Newtonian synthesis ; Epilogue: the grand reduction
- Isbn
- 9780062346667
- Label
- To explain the world : the discovery of modern science
- Title
- To explain the world
- Title remainder
- the discovery of modern science
- Statement of responsibility
- Steven Weinberg
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "Weinberg takes us across centuries from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad and Oxford, from Plato's Academy and the Museum of Alexandria to the cathedral school of Chartres and the Royal Society of London. He shows that the scientists of ancient and medieval times not only did not understand what we understand about the world--they did not understand what there is to understand, or how to understand it. Yet over the centuries, through the struggle to solve such mysteries as the curious backward movement of the planets and the rise and fall of the tides, the modern discipline of science eventually emerged"--Amazon.com
- Presents a commentary on the history of science that examines historic clashes and collaborations between science and the competing realms of religion, technology, poetry, mathematics, and philosophy
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1933-2021
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Weinberg, Steven
- Dewey number
- 509
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- Q124.95
- LC item number
- .W45 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Science, Ancient
- Science
- Science, Medieval
- Science
- Science
- SCIENCE
- SCIENCE
- HISTORY
- Science
- Science, Ancient
- Science, Medieval
- Science
- Greece
- Label
- To explain the world : the discovery of modern science, Steven Weinberg
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-393) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I: Greek physics. Matter and poetry ; Music and mathematics ; Motion and philosophy ; Hellenistic physics and technology ; Ancient science and religion -- Part II: Greek astronomy. The uses of astronomy ; Measuring the sun, moon, and earth ; The problem of the planets -- Part III: The Middle Ages. The Arabs ; Medieval Europe -- Part IV: The scientific revolution. The solar system solved ; Experiments begun ; Method reconsidered ; The Newtonian synthesis ; Epilogue: the grand reduction
- Control code
- 1596273
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 416 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062346667
- Lccn
- 2014030253
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
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- 40024709132
- 11825203
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) 1596273
- (OCoLC)885547475
- Label
- To explain the world : the discovery of modern science, Steven Weinberg
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-393) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I: Greek physics. Matter and poetry ; Music and mathematics ; Motion and philosophy ; Hellenistic physics and technology ; Ancient science and religion -- Part II: Greek astronomy. The uses of astronomy ; Measuring the sun, moon, and earth ; The problem of the planets -- Part III: The Middle Ages. The Arabs ; Medieval Europe -- Part IV: The scientific revolution. The solar system solved ; Experiments begun ; Method reconsidered ; The Newtonian synthesis ; Epilogue: the grand reduction
- Control code
- 1596273
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 416 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062346667
- Lccn
- 2014030253
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
-
- 40024709132
- 11825203
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1596273
- (OCoLC)885547475
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