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Arthur Koestler''s extraordinary history of humanity''s changing vision of the universe

In this masterly synthesis, Arthur Koestler cuts through the sterile distinction between ''sciences'' and ''humanities'' to bring to life the whole history of cosmology from the Babylonians to Newton. He shows how the tragic split between science and religion arose and how, in particular, the modern world-view replaced the medieval world-view in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. He also provides vivid and judicious pen-portraits of a string of great scientists and makes clear the role that political bias and unconscious prejudice played in their creativity.



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The Sleepwalkers

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 7 August 2014
      ISBN-13 9780141394534
      978-0141394534
      ISBN-10 0141394536
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      Natural History Popular astronomy and space Science funding and policy Scientific research

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Arthur Koestler''s extraordinary history of humanity''s changing vision of the universe

      In this masterly synthesis, Arthur Koestler cuts through the sterile distinction between ''sciences'' and ''humanities'' to bring to life the whole history of cosmology from the Babylonians to Newton. He shows how the tragic split between science and religion arose and how, in particular, the modern world-view replaced the medieval world-view in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. He also provides vivid and judicious pen-portraits of a string of great scientists and makes clear the role that political bias and unconscious prejudice played in their creativity.



      Trade Review
      The Sleepwalkers is a valuable and provocative book . . . a work with a noble aim * Sunday Times *
      The greatest part of this massive work is a close and valuable study of Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo . . . He writes tensely, with passion, as though personally involved, about events that took place more than 300 years ago * The Times *

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