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The invisible century : Einstein, Freud and the search for hidden universes / by Richard Panek.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Panek, Richard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Methodology.
- Science.
- Science--Philosophy.
- Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
- Einstein, Albert.
- Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.
- Freud, Sigmund.
- Physical Description:
- 258 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking, 2004.
- Summary:
- In this brilliant, elegant book, renowned science writer Panek traces the creation of two new sciences--Einstein's cosmology and Freud's psychoanalysis--that have allowed us for more than a 100 years to explore previously unimaginable universes without and within.
- Contents:
- I. Mind Over Matter
- 1 More Things in Heaven 9
- 2 More Things on Earth 35
- 3 Going to Extremes 55
- II. Matter Over Mind
- 4 A Leap of Faith 81
- 5 The Descent of a Man 115
- III. The Trembling of the Dewdrop
- 6 A Discourse Concerning Two New Sciences 153.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0670030740
- OCLC:
- 54460132
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