Inventing the universe : Plato's Timaeus, the big bang, and the problem of scientific knowledge / Luc Brisson and F. Walter Meyerstein.

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Brisson, Luc [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1995.
Description
193 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    Series
    SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy [More in this series]
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-185) and indexes.
    Contents
    • Introduction: The Problem of Scientific Knowledge
    • pt. I. The Model of the Universe in the Timaeus
    • pt. II. Contemporary Big Bang Cosmology
    • pt. III. What Knowledge is Conveyed by Science?
    ISBN
    • 0791426912
    • 9780791426913
    • 0791426920 ((pbk.))
    • 9780791426920 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    95018054
    OCLC
    32430528
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