LEADER 03044nam 2200673 450 001 9910808701803321 005 20180731044436.0 010 $a0-19-256197-9 010 $a0-19-256196-0 010 $a0-19-101734-5 010 $a0-19-101733-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000458711 035 $a(EBL)2122814 035 $a(OCoLC)916954243 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001572890 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16217350 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001572890 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14836581 035 $a(PQKB)11394868 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2122814 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5797802 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000458711 100 $a20190726d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOrigins $ethe scientific story of creation /$fJim Baggott 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aOxford, England :$cOxford University Press,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (432 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-882600-1 311 $a0-19-870764-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tIn the "beginning": the origin of space, time, and energy --$tBreaking the symmetry: the origin of mass --$tThe last scattering surface: the origin of light --$tSetting the firmament alight: the origin of stars and galaxies --$tSynthesis: the origin of chemical complexity --$tSol: the origin of the sun and its planets --$tTerra firma: the origin of a habitable Earth --$tThe cosmic imperative: the origin of life --$tSymbiosis: the origins of complex cells and multicellular organisms --$tA song of ice and fire: the origin of species --$tThe human stain: the origin of humanity --$tCogito ergo sum: the origin of human consciousness. 330 $aWhat 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 606 $aBeginning 606 $aCosmography 606 $aLife$xOrigin 606 $aCosmology 606 $aAstronomy$xPhilosophy 607 $aSolar system$xOrigin 607 $aUniverse 615 0$aBeginning. 615 0$aCosmography. 615 0$aLife$xOrigin. 615 0$aCosmology. 615 0$aAstronomy$xPhilosophy. 676 $a523.1 700 $aBaggott$b J. E.$0882953 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808701803321 996 $aOrigins$93944912 997 $aUNINA