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This controversial essay, first published in 1853, addresses the question of the existence of intelligent life on other planets. It was first published anonymously, owing to the ferocity of the ongoing debates between the religious and scientific scholarly communities. Its author, William Whewell (1794-1866) was a leading intellectual of the Victorian period, and a notable polymath. A contemporary and adviser of Herschel, Darwin and Faraday, he wrote extensively on subjects ranging from astronomy and mineralogy to moral philosophy, educational reform and architecture, and engaged with John Stuart Mill in a lively debate about inductive reasoning. In Of The Plurality of Worlds, Whewell denied the probability of life elsewhere in the universe, afraid that the concept of extraterrestrial life would encourage the theory of evolution and put at risk mankind's connection to God.

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• Plný název: Of the Plurality of Worlds
• Podnázev: An Essay
• Autor: William Whewell
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 296
• EAN: 9781108000185
• ISBN: 1108000185
• ID: 02053659
• Nakladatelství: Cambridge University Press
• Hmotnost: 380 g
• Rozměry: 216 × 140 × 18 mm
• Datum vydání: 20. July 2009

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