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From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe is a book by French-Russian philosopher Alexandre Koyré about the evolution of cosmology from antiquity to mid-20th century. A great book if you are interested in the history of science, astronomy, or the 'big questions' of cosmology or ontology.
This book has 176 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1957. This text is in the public domain because the copyright was not renewed.
Production notes: This ebook of From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe was published by Global Grey in 2020.
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