1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910808701803321

Autore

Baggott J. E.

Titolo

Origins : the scientific story of creation / / Jim Baggott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

0-19-256197-9

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

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.

Nota di contenuto

In the "beginning": the origin of space, time, and energy -- Breaking the symmetry: the origin of mass -- The last scattering surface: the origin of light -- Setting the firmament alight: the origin of stars and galaxies -- Synthesis: the origin of chemical complexity -- Sol: the origin of the sun and its planets -- Terra firma: the origin of a habitable Earth -- The cosmic imperative: the origin of life -- Symbiosis: the origins of complex cells and multicellular organisms -- A song of ice and fire: the origin of species -- The human stain: the origin of humanity -- Cogito ergo sum: the origin of human consciousness.

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

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910822316903321

Autore

Hippel Wolfgang

Titolo

Armut, Unterschichten, Randgruppen in der Frühen Neuzeit / / von Wolfgang Hippel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Munich, Germany : , : Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag GmbH, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

3-486-72501-7

Edizione

[2., aktualisierte und um einen Nachtrag erweiterte Auflage.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Collana

Enzyklopädie deutscher Geschichte ; ; Band 34

Classificazione

NW 2200

Disciplina

362.5094

Soggetti

Poverty - Germany - History

Marginality, Social - Germany - History

Germany History 1517-1648

Germany Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- I. Enzyklopädischer Überblick -- II. Grundprobleme und Tendenzen der Forschung -- III. Quellen und Literatur -- Back Matter

Sommario/riassunto

Wer war der "Bodensatz" der frühneuzeitlichen Gesellschaft, wie seine Lebensbedingungen, Handlungsspielräume, Abstiegsrisiken oder Aufstiegschancen? Wie ging die Gesellschaft mit den Betreffenden um? Fürsorglich, duldend, abwehrend, ausgrenzend oder gar verfolgend? Wie sehr die historische Forschung dieses Thema nach wie vor beschäftigt, beweist der jüngste Forschungsüberblick und die aktualisierte umfangreiche Bibliographie Wolfgang von Hippels.