SLEEPWALKERS, THE

This is Arthur Koestler's extraordinary history of humanity's changing vision of
the universe. In this masterly synthesis, Arthur Koestler cuts through the ster
ile distinction between 'sciences' and 'humanities' to bring to life the whole h
istory of cosmology from the Babylonians to Newton. He shows how the tragic spli
t between science and religion arose and how, in particular, the modern world-vi
ew replaced the medieval world-view in the scientific revolution of the seventee
nth century.



He also provides vivid and judicious pen-portraits of a string o
f great scientists and makes clear the role that political bias and unconscious
prejudice played in their creativity.