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Of the Plurality of Worlds: A Facsimile of the First Edition of 1853; Plus Previously Unpublished Material Excised by the Author Just Before the B Tapa dura - 2001 - 1st Edición
de William Whewell; Michael Ruse (Editor)
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Is there intelligent life on other worlds? William Whewell, one of the most influential British intellectuals of the nineteenth century, weighed in on this question with Of the Plurality of Worlds. Writing anonymously, Whewell argued that there was no life anywhere else in the universe. Admitting such a possibility, he feared, would threaten humanity's special relationship with God, and open the door to supporters of evolution.
The publication of Plurality in 1853 ignited a bitter Victorian debate on science and religion. This book reprints the first edition in facsimile, together with a vigorous response to his critics that Whewell added later and new introductory and bibliographic material by noted Darwin scholar Michael Ruse. This edition also includes 84 typeset pages--never before published--that Whewell cut from the original book at the last moment. Showing clearly the theological underpinnings of Whewell's thinking, these chapters also reveal the difficulties facing any Victorian who tried to reconcile traditional Christian thought with the findings of modern science.Detalles
- Título Of the Plurality of Worlds: A Facsimile of the First Edition of 1853; Plus Previously Unpublished Material Excised by the Author Just Before the B
- Autor William Whewell; Michael Ruse (Editor)
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Número de edición 1st
- Edición 1
- Páginas 408
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial University of Chicago Press, Chicago:
- Fecha de publicación 2001-09
- Features Bibliography
- ISBN 9780226894355 / 0226894355
- Peso 1.53 libras (0.69 kg)
- Dimensiones 8.82 x 5.74 x 1.33 pulgadas (22.40 x 14.58 x 3.38 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Plurality of worlds
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 00067667
- Dewey Decimal Code 576.839
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Of the Plurality of Worlds: A facsimile of the first edition of 1853; plus previously unpublished material excised by the author just before the book ... critics, reprinted from the second edition
de Whewell, William
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