Guthke, Karl Siegfried, 1933-

The last frontier : imagining other worlds, from the Copernican revolution to modern science fiction / Karl S. Guthke ; translated by Helen Atkins. - Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1990. - xiv, 402 p. ; 24 cm. - 509 .

Translation of: Der Mythos der Neuzeit.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

0801416809 (alk. paper) 0801497272 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Science--History.
Science--Philosophy.

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