The extraterrestrial life debate, antiquity to 1915 : a source book / edited with commentary by Michael J. Crowe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crowe, Michael J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Life on other planets.

Plurality of worlds.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (577 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents key documents from the pre-1915 history of the extraterrestrial life debate. Introductions and commentaries accompany each source document.

Contents:

Cover

Half title

Title page

Copyright

Dedication

CONTENTS

FIGURES

TABLES

PREFACE

Part One: ANTIQUITY TO NEWTON

One: THE DEBATE IN ANTIQUITY

Two: FROM AUGUSTINE TO THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY

Three: FROM COPERNICUS TO BRUNO

Four: GALILEO, KEPLER, DESCARTES, AND PASCAL

Five: FONTENELLE AND HUYGENS

Six: NEWTON, BENTLEY, AND DERHAM

Part Two: THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

Seven: ASTRONOMERS AND EXTRATERRESTRIALS

Eight: EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT

Part Three: FROM 1800 TO 1860

Nine: INTENSIFICATION OF THE DEBATE AFTER 1800

Ten: BEFORE THE WHEWELL DEBATE

Eleven: WHEWELL'S OF THE PLURALITY OF WORLDS AND RESPONSES

Part Four: FROM 1860 TO 1915

Twelve: NEW APPROACHES TO AN ANCIENT QUESTION

Thirteen: THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY

Fourteen: THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE CANALS OF MARS

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

PERMISSIONS

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 526-541) and index.

ISBN:

9780268076795

0268076790

OCLC:

763139371