Fitness of the Cosmos for Life : Biochemistry and Fine-Tuning.
Interdisciplinary book for scientists interested in the origin and existence of life in our universe.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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Colección: | Cambridge Astrobiology, 2.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Interdisciplinary book for scientists interested in the origin and existence of life in our universe. |
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Notas: | Information. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (527 pages) |
Bibliografía: | References4Complexity in context: the metaphysicalimplications of evolutionary theory; References; 5Tuning fine-tuning; Fine-tuning, anthropic explanation, and design; Further fine-tuning developments in cosmology and physics; Fine-tuning in chemistry; Fine-tuning in biology?; Fitness of the environment; Four alternative responses to claims of cosmic fine-tuning; Sorting through the four alternatives; Acknowledgments; References; Part II The fitness of the cosmic environment; 6Fitness and the cosmic environment; The problem of what exists: why this universe?; Problems of a divine selector. |
ISBN: | 9780511370083 0511370083 9780511536557 0511536550 9780511371080 051137108X 051137061X 9780511370618 |