| Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - 1907 - 518 Seiten
...readers to follow the course of modern theories concerning the origin of the world. Brewster, Sir David. More worlds than one; the creed of the philosopher and the hope of the Christian. 1854 r523-13 B73 - Wallace, Alfred Russel. Man's place in the universe; a study of the results of scientific... | |
| 1883 - 900 Seiten
...With a Frontispiece by P. MACN'AB. Crown Svo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d. Brewster (Sir David), Works by: More Worlds than One: The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian. With Plates. Post Svo, cloth extra, 4s. Cil. The Martyrs of Science: Lives of GALILEO, TYCHO BRAHK,... | |
| Alexander Macfarlane - 1916 - 162 Seiten
...David Brewster, a Scottish physicist, inventor of the kaleidoscope, wrote a fiery answer entitled " More worlds than one, the creed of the philosopher and the hope of the Christian." In 1855 Smith wrote an essay on this subject for a volume of Oxford and Cambridge Essays in which the... | |
| Frederick DeLand Leete - 1928 - 396 Seiten
...standard Life of Newton for which he used the private papers left by the philosopher. He also wrote More Worlds Than One, the Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian. He remarked toward the close of his life, "I have had the light for many years." The appropriate legend... | |
| 1855 - 622 Seiten
...Plurality of Worlds: an Essay. With a Dialogue on the same Subject. 2nd edition. London : 1854. 2. More Worlds than One — the Creed of the Philosopher, and the Hope of the Christian. By Sir David Page Brewster, KH, FRS, VPRS Edin. &c. &c. 3rd thousand, corrected and enlarged. London... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - 1862 - 796 Seiten
...Martyrs of Science, or the Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler. Fourth Edition. Fcap. STO. 4». tM. More Worlds than One. The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian. Eighth Edition. Post STO. 6>. Stereoscope i its History, Theory, Construction, and Application to the Arts... | |
| Henry John Stephen Smith - 1965 - 704 Seiten
...theme Whewell's then unacknowledged book on that subject, and Sir David Brewster's fiery answer, ' More worlds than one, the Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian.' The subject was a fascinating one, and Henry Smith was in many respects admirably calculated to do... | |
| 1883 - 446 Seiten
...MICIUIL FAXIDIT. Edited by W. Cioozia, FCS With numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo., oloth eitra, 4s. 6d. MORE WORLDS THAN ONE, THE CREED OF THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE HOPE OP THE CHKI8TIAN. Bj Sir DIVXD BIBWSTKB. Crown 8vo., with Plates, 4a. 6d. THE MARTYRS OP SCIENCE. By... | |
| E. Regis - 1987 - 292 Seiten
...natural theologian, Sir David Brewster. Author of a vitriolic, passionate work with the glorious title, More Worlds than One: The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian (1854), Brewster was desperate to show that no part of God's creation is without purpose. Thus Brewster... | |
| Michael J. Crowe - 1986 - 708 Seiten
...he was then composing, Brewster fired off the promised review and followed it with a book entitled More Worlds than One: The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian.12 The review appeared in May 1854; the book soon followed, for by June 1854 reviews of it... | |
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