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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... Read Full Overview

Avec Les Somnambules, Arthur Koestler entame l'oeuvre monumentale dans laquelle il analyse la grandeur et les miseres de la condition humaine. Les Somnambules, ce sont les hommes de la science - Copernic, Kepler, Brahe, Galilee - qui, progressant peniblement parmi les brouillards... Read Full Overview

Bringing the history of cosmology--from the Babylonians to Newton--to life in a masterly synthesis, Koestler shows how the modern world-view replaced the medieval world-view in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century.