TY  - BOOK
AU  - Koestler,Arthur
AU  - Butterfield,Herbert
TI  - The sleepwalkers: a history of man’s changing vision of the Universe 
SN  - 0140192468
AV  - BL245 .K63 1959
PY  - 1989///
CY  - London
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Astronomy
KW  - History
KW  - Religion and science
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - An extraordinary history of humanity's changing vision of the universe. In this masterly synthesis, Arthur Koestler cuts through the sterile distinction between 'sciences' and 'humanities' to bring to life the whole history of cosmology from the Babylonians to Newton. He shows how the tragic split between science and religion arose and how, in particular, the modern world-view replaced the medieval world-view in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. He also provides vivid and judicious pen-portraits of a string of great scientists and makes clear the role that political bias and unconscious prejudice played in their creativity
ER  -