Full name: The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe

Author: Arthur Koestler Year: 1959 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science, History, Non Fiction, Philosophy, Religion, Biographies Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780140192469 0140192468

An extraordinary history of humanity's changing vision of the universe. In this masterly synthesis, Arthur Koestler cuts through the sterile distinction between 'sciences' and 'humanities' to bring to life the whole history of cosmology from the Babylonians to Newton. He shows how the tragic split between science and religion arose and how, in particular, the modern world-view replaced the medieval world-view in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. He also provides vivid and judicious pen-portraits of a string of great scientists and makes clear the role that political bias and unconscious prejudice played in their creativity. Similar books: The Day We Found the Universe by Marcia Bartusiak The Book Nobody Read by Owen Gingerich Coming of Age In The Milky Way by Timothy Ferris Ingenious Pursuits by Lisa Jardine Tycho & Kepler by Kitty Ferguson The Invention of Science by David Wootton The Scientific Revolution by Steven Shapin The Beginnings of Western Science by David C. Lindberg Measuring the Universe by Kitty Ferguson The House of Wisdom by Jim Al-Khalili Heavenly Intrigue by Joshua Gilder The View From the Center of the Universe by Joel R. Primack Kepler's Witch by James A. Connor The Day the Universe Changed by James Burke Fermat's Enigma by Simon Singh Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition by Frances A. Yates Zero by Charles Seife The Genesis of Science by James Hannam The Courtier and the Heretic by Matthew Stewart