The Whole Shebang (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
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- Author: Timothy Ferris
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Work: Science
- Genres: Nonfiction, Science and technology
- Subjects: Creation myth, Science or scientists, God, Astronomy or astronomers, Universe, Physics or physicists, Quantum theory, Relativity, Atoms
Henry David Thoreau noted in his masterpiece, Walden, “The universe is wider than our views of it.” His observation sprung more from intuition than scientific knowledge of the whole scale structure of the cosmos. It was not until the twentieth century that Thoreau’s 1847 pronouncement on the state of the universe would be substantiated by scientific evidence. Extraordinary discoveries, especially in the fields of astronomy and physics, have forever changed our perceptions of the universe and of our place in it.
The advent of dynamic new theories, as well as...
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