Wayfarers in the cosmos : the human quest for meaning / George V. Coyne and Alessandro Omizzolo.

By: Coyne, G. VContributor(s): Omizzolo, AlessandroMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Crossroad, c2002. Description: vii, 184 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 0824519124 (hc)Subject(s): Catholic Church -- Doctrines | Cosmology | Religion and scienceDDC classification: 113
Contents:
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.

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.

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