Description: This is a fascinating history of the debate over the question of extraterrestrial life from Classical Greece to the mid-eighteenth century. Using many primary and secondary sources, this book analyses why such great thinkers as Aristotle, Aquinas, Ockham, Galileo, Kepler, Huygens, and Kant thought the debate over the plurality of worlds a subject for serious discussion. The author shows how conflicting arguments from science, philosophy, and theology gradually converged to the same opinion - that intelligent life must fill the universe. ABOUT USWe are a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. We sell books and other items donated by our community members to raise money for our local library system. We fund services, reading programs and purchases not in their budget. Our organization has operated continuously in the same city since 1937. PROCEEDS BENEFIT OUR LOCAL LIBRARY PROGRAMS - THANK YOU! Please visit our store for more titles.https://www.ebay.com/usr/friendsofthepaloaltolibrary
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Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Plurality of Worlds : the Extraterrestrial Life Debate from Democritus to Kant
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 1984
Subject: Space Science, History
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.7 Oz
Author: Steven J. Dick
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Technology & Engineering, Science
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
