More Worlds Than One: The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian

David Brewster

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511693915

Sir David Brewster (1781–1868) was a distinguished scientist and inventor who frequently turned the results of his research to practical ends; his work on the diffraction of light, for example, led to his developing improved reflectors for lighthouses and inventing two popular Victorian toys, the stereoscope and the kaleidoscope. He was also active as the editor of the Edinburgh Magazine and the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia (1808–1830) and contributed to the seventh and eighth editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, as well as writing many articles for a variety of philosophical and scientific journals. He was deeply religious, and in More Worlds Than One (1854) he set out to counter the arguments against extra-terrestrial life of William Whewell's recently published Of the Plurality of Worlds (also reissued in this series), urging that Whewell's 'extraordinary doctrine' was wrong on scientific grounds.

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INTRODUCTION
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CHAP. I - Religious Aspect of the Question
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CHAP. II - Description of the Solar System
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CHAP. III - The Geological Condition of the Earth
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CHAP. IV - Analogy between the Earth and the other Planets
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CHAP. V - The Sun, Moon, Satellites, and Asteroids
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CHAP. VI - The Motion of the Solar System round a distant Centre
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CHAP. VII - Religious Difficulties
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CHAP. VIII - Single Stars and Binary Systems
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CHAP. IX - Clusters of Stars and Nebulæ
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CHAP. X - General Summary
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CHAP. XI - Reply to Objections drawn from Geology
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CHAP. XII - Objections from the Nature of Nebulæ
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CHAP. XIII - Objections from the Nature of the Fixed Stars and Binary Systems
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CHAP. XIV - Objections from the Nature of the Planets
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CHAP. XV - The Future of the Universe
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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-iv

PREFACE
pp v-viii

INTRODUCTION
pp 1-8

CHAP. I - Religious Aspect of the Question
pp 9-20

CHAP. II - Description of the Solar System
pp 21-36

CHAP. III - The Geological Condition of the Earth
pp 37-54

CHAP. IV - Analogy between the Earth and the other Planets
pp 55-87

CHAP. V - The Sun, Moon, Satellites, and Asteroids
pp 88-109

CHAP. VI - The Motion of the Solar System round a distant Centre
pp 110-124

CHAP. VII - Religious Difficulties
pp 125-155

CHAP. VIII - Single Stars and Binary Systems
pp 156-166

CHAP. IX - Clusters of Stars and Nebulæ
pp 167-177

CHAP. X - General Summary
pp 178-197

CHAP. XI - Reply to Objections drawn from Geology
pp 198-208

CHAP. XII - Objections from the Nature of Nebulæ
pp 209-218

CHAP. XIII - Objections from the Nature of the Fixed Stars and Binary Systems
pp 219-232

CHAP. XIV - Objections from the Nature of the Planets
pp 233-252

CHAP. XV - The Future of the Universe
pp 253-259

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