Universe in creation : a new understanding of the big bang and the emergence of life /

We know the universe has a history, but does it also have a story of self-creation to tell? Yes, in Roy R. Gould's account. He offers a compelling narrative of how the universe--with no instruction other than its own laws--evolved into billions of galaxies and gave rise to life, including human...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gould, Roy, 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Life > Origin.
Creation.
Big bang theory.
Beginning.
Vie > Origines.
Création.
Big bang.
Commencement (Philosophie)
creating (artistic activity)
creation (doctrinal concept)
NATURE > Reference.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > General.
SCIENCE > Astronomy.
Beginning
Big bang theory
Creation
Life > Origin
Universe.
Universe
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part one. Where does the universe come from?. What is the universe--and how large is it?
  • Galaxies misbehave
  • What's the big idea?
  • Einstein, gravity, and the universe
  • The big bang and beyond
  • Building plans
  • Part two. How did structure arise from chaos?. An apple pie from scratch
  • Into the abyss
  • Into the cauldron
  • Into the light
  • Part three. Is life merely a roll of the cosmic dice?. The great inventor
  • Information, please!
  • Is evolution predictable?
  • The sensational sensations
  • Design without a designer?
  • "Who's there?"
  • Epilogue : what is worthy of our wonder?

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