Description |
xxx, 367 p. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Ancient symbolic forms -- Myth and "metaphysics" -- Secret of the state -- Ritual enactment of the world -- Historiography of astronomy in ancient China -- Myth and astronomy in ancient China -- Christian myth and knowledge -- Religious forms and physical science in the modern world -- New myth of proportion, numbers, and precision -- Galileo's science of local motion -- New myth of magic and power -- Mechanistic universe -- Religious forms and physical science -- Religious forms and history -- Myth and the technicalist world -- From cosmos to history -- Myth and the mechanistic universe. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
Religion and science.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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ISBN |
9781934542286 (alk. paper) |
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9781935790884 (electronic bk.) |
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