Tantur Ecumenical Institute LibraryWayfarers in the cosmos : the human quest for meaning /
Coyne, G. V.
Wayfarers in the cosmos : the human quest for meaning / George V. Coyne and Alessandro Omizzolo. - New York : Crossroad, c2002. - vii, 184 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-177) and index.
Our first steps, our ancestors -- The pathway of the Greeks -- Toward a creator of the created -- Copernicus and his revolution -- Galileo and the birth pangs of modern science -- The age of rationalism : principal protagonists, Descartes and Newton -- The stars look down on us -- A myriad of island universes -- Journey without end.
0824519124 (hc)
2001006099
Catholic Church--Doctrines.
Cosmology.
Religion and science.
113 / C839w
Wayfarers in the cosmos : the human quest for meaning / George V. Coyne and Alessandro Omizzolo. - New York : Crossroad, c2002. - vii, 184 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-177) and index.
Our first steps, our ancestors -- The pathway of the Greeks -- Toward a creator of the created -- Copernicus and his revolution -- Galileo and the birth pangs of modern science -- The age of rationalism : principal protagonists, Descartes and Newton -- The stars look down on us -- A myriad of island universes -- Journey without end.
0824519124 (hc)
2001006099
Catholic Church--Doctrines.
Cosmology.
Religion and science.
113 / C839w