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The number of the heavens : a history of the ... Read More

Siegfried, Tom, 1950-(author.).

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  • ISBN: 9780674975880
  • ISBN: 067497588X
  • Physical Description: pages cm
  • Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Out of chaos, a multiverse -- Robert Grosseteste's ... Read More
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"One of the most controversial, cutting-edge ideas ... Read More

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