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Conceptions of Cosmos: From Myths to the Accelerating Universe: A History of Cosmology (Record no. 2537)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780199665143
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 523.10
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Kragh, Helge S.
9 (RLIN) 366524
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Conceptions of Cosmos: From Myths to the Accelerating Universe: A History of Cosmology
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. United Kingdom;
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Oxford University Press;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2013
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 288 Pages;
Other physical details Paperback
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. This book is a historical account of how natural philosophers and scientists have endeavoured to understand the universe at large, first in a mythical and later in a scientific context. Starting with the creation stories of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, the book covers all the major events in theoretical and observational cosmology, from Aristotle's cosmos over the Copernican revolution to the discovery of the accelerating universe in the late 1990s. It presents cosmology as a subject including scientific as well as non-scientific dimensions, and tells the story of how it developed into a true science of the heavens. Contrary to most other books in the history of cosmology, it offers an integrated account of the development with emphasis on the modern Einsteinian and post-Einsteinian period. Starting in the pre-literary era, it carries the story onwards to the early years of the 21st century.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Philosophy of science
9 (RLIN) 366525
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element History of science
9 (RLIN) 366526
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Cosmology & the universe
9 (RLIN) 366527
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Karachi Karachi History 27/08/2016 3 523.10 PKLC009896 04/04/2023 27/08/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 3 18/02/2023
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Lahore Lahore In Store 27/04/2016   523.10 PKLC001738 27/04/2016 27/04/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17