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Origin and evolution of the universe : evidence for design? /

Does the universe have the character it has because of design? In this collection of essays first presented at a symposium sponsored by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and the Royal Society of Canada, seventeen scientists and philosophers re-examine the "Argument by Design" in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: Royal Society of Canada, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
Otros Autores: Robson, John M. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, [1987]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Alan H. Batten
  • The "purpose" of chance in light of the physical basis of evolution / Robert H. Haynes
  • The gene seemed as inaccessible as the materials of the galaxies / Barry W. Glickman
  • From selfish DNA to Gaia: one molecular biologist's view of the evolutionary process / W. Ford Doolittle
  • The large-scale structure of the universe / P.J.E. Peebles
  • Of stars, planets, and life / Michael W. Ovenden
  • Is the physical universe natural / W.G. Unruh
  • Coincidences: mundane and cosmological / Ian Hacking
  • Diretionalite, intentionnalite, et analogie dans l'approche de l'univers / Jean-Paul Audet
  • The ecopoiesis of Daisy World / James E. Lovelock
  • The earth and its life: geologic record of interactions and controls / Jan Veizer
  • An anthropocentric view of the universe: evidence from geology / Digby J. McLaren
  • Origin of consciousness / Richard Swinburne
  • The origin of human communication / Doreen Kimura
  • More gaps for God? / Hugo Meynell
  • In the beginning is the dance of love / Ravi Ravindra
  • Science, design, and ambiguity: concluding reflections / Terence Penelhum.