Front cover image for Of the plurality of worlds : a facsimile of the first edition of 1853; plus previously unpublished material excised by the author just before the book went to press; and Whewell's dialogue rebutting his critics, reprinted from the second edition

Of the plurality of worlds : a facsimile of the first edition of 1853; plus previously unpublished material excised by the author just before the book went to press; and Whewell's dialogue rebutting his critics, reprinted from the second edition

When first published in 1853, William Whewell's book caused a bitter debate in Victorian England on science and religion. The book, presented in this text with Whewell's response to his critics, argues that no life can exist on any other planet because of the implications to religion.
Print Book, English, [2001]
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, [2001]
V, 510 p. : il. ; 23 cm
9780226894355, 9780226894362, 0226894355, 0226894363
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