|
Preface to the third edition
Introduction and acknowledgements
Science and dialectics in
Reason in Revolt
Concepts of the
universe – One universe or
many?
What is
infinity?
The dialectic of ‘becoming’ in ancient Greece
Aristotle on
the ‘heavens’
Galileo and the
relativity of space
Newton: belief
and contradiction
Kant’s
cosmology and Engels’ commentary
Hegel on the
dialectics of infinity
Engels on materialism, the infinite and cosmology
The infinite in
mathematics
Einstein and the end of Newtonian absolute space
The Big Bang
and mysticism in science
The dialectic
of the unity and interpenetration of opposites in science
Appendix:
Marxism,
materialism and quantum mechanics
(External link - opens in new window)
Bibliography and contact details
Audio version |