From the closed world to the infinite universe (Record no. 63642)
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| fixed length control field | 01436 a2200229 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 251011b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780801803475 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 113 KOY |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Koyre, Alexandre |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | From the closed world to the infinite universe |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Baltimore: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Johns Hopkins University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 1968. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | x, 313p.: |
| Other physical details | pbk.: |
| Dimensions | 21 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes Notes and Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries a radical change occurred in the patterns and the framework of European thought. In the wake of discoveries through the telescope and Copernican theory, the notion of an ordered cosmos of "fixed stars" gave way to that of a universe infinite in both time and space—with significant and far-reaching consequences for human thought. Alexandre Koyré interprets this revolution in terms of the change that occurred in our conception of the universe and our place in it and shows the primacy of this change in the development of the modern world.<br/><br/>https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/1632/closed-world-infinite-universe?srsltid=AfmBOopE2K6ajI9lO3JBejs80dPEq61hGjOv90XkPkz4l5hy0J4ZlBmP#book__details |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Infinite UnIverse Concept |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Copernican Heliocentrism |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Scientific Revolution |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Medieval Cosmology |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Scientific Epistemology |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Philosophy of Science |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Item type | Books |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Checked out | Date last seen | Date last borrowed | Copy number | Cost, replacement price | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | General | IIT Gandhinagar | IIT Gandhinagar | 11/10/2025 | Himanshu Books | 3196.45 | 2 | 113 KOY | 036317 | 15/01/2026 | 16/12/2025 | 16/12/2025 | 1 | 3196.45 | Books |
