Cosmology Books

New and Published Books

1. Experience and Theory

   An Essay in the Philosophy of Science

   By Stephan Korner

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science

   Originally published in 1966. This volume analyzes the general structure of scientific theories, their relation to experience and to non-scientific thought. Part One is concerned with the logic underlying empirical discourse before its subjection to the various constraints, imposed by the...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. Boundaries of the Universe

   By John S Glasby

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science

   The boundaries of space exploration are being pushed back constantly, but the realm of the partially understood and the totally unknown is as great as ever. Among other things this book deals with astronomical instruments and their application, recent discoveries in the solar system, stellar...

   Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge
3. Islamic Medical and Scientific Tradition

   Edited by Peter Pormann

   Series: Critical Concepts in Islamic Studies

   Islam developed over the course of its history one of the world’s most innovative and interesting scientific and medical traditions. In this context, the term Islam should not simply be understood as referring to the religion of the prophet Muhammad, but rather to a civilization which was once...

   Published September 1st 2010 by Routledge
4. The Astronomical Revolution

   Copernicus - Kepler - Borelli

   By Alexandre Koyre

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science

   Originally published in English in 1973. This volume traces the development of the revolution which so drastically altered man’s view of the universe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The "astronomical revolution" was accomplished in three stages, each linked with the work of one man....

   Published August 17th 2008 by Routledge