More Worlds Than One: The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian - Softcover

Brewster, Sir David

9781417921904: More Worlds Than One: The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1417921900 ISBN 13: 9781417921904

Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Co, 2004

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Sir David Brewster (1781–1868) was a distinguished scientist and inventor, and a regular contributor to scientific and philosophical journals. More Worlds Than One (1854) responded to Whewell's Of the Plurality of Worlds, arguing that Whewell's 'extraordinary doctrine' that extra-terrestrial life was impossible was wrong on scientific grounds.

Synopsis:

1862. Brewster argues that there are more worlds in our Universe than Earth alone. Contents: Religious Aspect of the Question; Description of the Solar System; The Geological Condition of the Earth; Analogy between the Earth and the other Planets; The Sun, Moon, and Satellites; The System of Comets; On the Nebular Hypothesis; The Motion of the Solar System round a distant Center; Religious Difficulties; Single Stars and Binary Systems; Clusters of Stars and Nebulae; Objections from the Nature of the Fixed Stars and Binary Systems; Objections from the Nature of the Planets; and The Future of the Universe.

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