Encyclopedia of Cosmology (Routledge Revivals)

Taylor & Francis

Encyclopedia of Cosmology (Routledge Revivals)Historical, Philosophical, and Scientific Foundations of Modern Cosmology\nAuthor(s): Norriss S. Hetherington\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138023741, 978-1138023741\nSynopsis\nThe Encyclopedia of Cosmology, first published in 1993, recounts the history, philosophical assumptions, methodological ambiguities, and human struggles that have influenced the various responses to the basic questions of cosmology through the ages, as well as referencing important scientific theories.\n\nJust as the recognition of social conventions in other cultures can lead to a more productive perspective on our own behaviour, so too a study of the cosmologies of other times and places can enable us recognise elements of our own cosmology that might otherwise pass as inevitable developments.\n\nApart from modern natural science, therefore, this volume incorporates brief treatments of Nat.