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About the Book
Scanning and Sizing the Universe and Everthing in It
Playing Scales
Like its predecessor, Mythic Worlds and the One You Can Believe In, Playing Scales puts common concepts, measurements, and comprehensive views of world history in the context of the natural continuum.
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About the Author
Harold Toliver
Harold Toliver is a retired Professor of English, American, and Comparative Literature at the University of California and author of numerous books in literary history and theory.
He has held various positions over the years, from Teaching Assistant to Professor at Johns Hopkins, the University of Washington, Ohio State University, and UCLA.
His publications include The Past That Poets Make and Animate Illusions.
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Reviews
The US Review of Books | Pacific Book Review
People have long tried to make sense of the world in which they live, either with notions of religion and mysticism or scientific study. A common trapping of either approach is to anthropomorphize our world as if all things in it must make sense in the context of human existence and experience. Yet, as we use technology and new advances to extend our observation to the vast nature of space and the minuscule details of the atomic and subatomic levels, many people manage to make this same error. Rather than taking stock of the very small set of circumstances that can sustain human life, many try to contextualize these previously unknown, unglimpsed realms in a way that only benefits us as humans to understand... See more
In Scanning and Sizing the Universe and Everything in It: Playing Scales by author Harold Toliver, the vast range of physics and mathematics is explored within the book, which is deemed ahead of its time. It was designed to combine factual information on astrophysics with philosophical theories... See more