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Koestler, Arthur
The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe
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Item Details
London, Hutchinson & Co., 1959, Hard cover
First Edition, First Printing, Very Good
A massive history of cosmology up to Newton by the author of the acclaimed anti-totalitarian novel, "Darkness at Noon."
Koestler devotes most of his book to four men who tried to understand the universe: Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo. "He is interested in his subjects as men even more than as discoverers. For him the evolution of scientific ideas is a story of struggle—the struggle of scientific men with their colleagues and with authority, but still more a struggle within themselves." (The Times Literary Supplement, January 30, 1959).
This is the true first edition, published by Hutchinson in the U.K. in January 1959. Macmillan followed in May with an American edition.
PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (8.5 x 5.5 inches; 218 x 142 mm), 624 pages, in burgundy cloth, titles to spine, in an illustrated, unclipped dust jacket (hard cover).
CONDITION: Light toning to page extremities, creases to a couple of page corners, previous owner's name stamped on top edge, but otherwise clean and unmarked. The unclipped dust jacket has some nicks and tears, especially at the top and bottom of the spine, and is heavily toned on the verso. Very Good in a Fair dust jacket.
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