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The Dancing Universe
From Creation Myths to the Big Bang
Marcelo Gleiser
Dartmouth College Press
University Press of New England
Table of Contents
• Preface to the 2005 Edition
• Beginnings - Creation Myths - The Greeks
• The Awakening - The Sun, the Church, and the New Astronomy - The Pious Heretic - The Triumph of Reason
• The Classical Era - The World Is an Intricate Machine
• Modern Times - Of Things Fast - Of Things Small
• Modeling the Universe - Inventing Universes - Beginnings
• Epilogue: Dancing with the Universe • Glossary • Bibliography • Index
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