Wonders of the Heavens, Earth, and Ocean
Author : James P. Boyd
Publisher :
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 39,47 MB
Release : 1887
Category : Colorado
ISBN :
Author : James P. Boyd
Publisher :
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 39,47 MB
Release : 1887
Category : Colorado
ISBN :
Author : Henry Davenport Northrop
Publisher :
Page : 888 pages
File Size : 48,13 MB
Release : 1887
Category : Astronomy
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Author : Frederick Smeeton Williams
Publisher : London : J. Cassell
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,54 MB
Release : 1852
Category : Astronomy
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Author : Frederic Charles Cook
Publisher :
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 15,39 MB
Release : 1875
Category : Bible
ISBN :
Author : Frederic Charles Cook
Publisher :
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 46,64 MB
Release : 1874
Category : Bible
ISBN :
Author : Frederic Charles Cook
Publisher :
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 11,41 MB
Release : 1873
Category :
ISBN :
Author : William Swan Sonnenschein
Publisher :
Page : 880 pages
File Size : 39,23 MB
Release : 1895
Category : Best books
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Author : John Lauris Blake
Publisher :
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 45,10 MB
Release : 1845
Category : Ocean
ISBN :
Author : Peter G. Platt
Publisher : University of Delaware Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 28,57 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780874136784
""The marvelous follows us always" - or so the Italian philosopher Francesco Patrizi asserted in 1587. The essays in this book collectively make the case that this assertion could be an epigraph for the Renaissance. For Wonder was a concept absolutely central to the early modern period. Encompassing both inquiry and astonishment, "wonder" indeed followed the Renaissance everywhere - into redefinitions of the mind, the body, art, literature, the known world. Often called the age of discovery, the Renaissance should also be seen as the age of the marvelous." "However, defining just what la maraviglia would have meant for Patrizi and his age is no small task." "This volume, then, seeks to explore early modern views of wonder and the marvelous by revealing the complexity of la maraviglia in the Renaissance."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author : Brian Cox
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 35,35 MB
Release : 2011-07-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 0062110543
Experience our universe as you've never seen it before 13.7 billion years old. 93 billion light-years across. It contains over 100 billion galaxies, each containing hundreds of billions of stars. This infinite, vast and complex Universe has been the subject of human fascination and scientific exploration for thousands of years. The wonders of the Universe might seem alien to us and impossible to understand, but away from the telescopes, the labs and the white coats, Professor Brian Cox uses the evidence found in the natural world on Earth to brilliantly explain the truth of the cosmos. Professor Cox will show how the vast and unfathomable phenomena of deep space can be explained, and even experienced, by re-examining the familiar here on Earth. He is determined to answer the most profound questions we can ask about ourselves and the world in which we live, but in a uniquely understandable way. The laws of light, gravity, time, matter and energy that govern us here on Earth are the same as those applied in the Universe. Using his expert knowledge and his infectious enthusiasm, Professor Cox shows us that if we can understand the impact of these governing laws on Earth it will bring us a step closer to an understanding of our Universe.