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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460921403321

Autore

Baggott J. E.

Titolo

Origins : the scientific story of creation / / Jim Baggott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2018

ISBN

0-19-256196-0

0-19-101734-5

0-19-101733-7

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (432 p.)

Disciplina

523.1

Soggetti

Beginning

Cosmography

Life - Origin

Cosmology

Astronomy - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Solar system Origin

Universe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

What is the nature of the material world? How does it work? What is the universe and how was it formed? What is life? Where do we come from and how did we evolve? How and why do we think? What does it mean to be human? How do we know?There are many different versions of our creation story. This book tells the version according to modern science. It is a unique account, starting at the Big Bang and travelling right up to the emergence of humans as conscious intelligent beings, 13.8 billion years later. Chapter by chapter, it sets out the current state of scientific knowledge: the origins of spa