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Our cosmic habitat / Martin Rees.
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TextPublication details: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c2001.Description: xvii, 205 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: - 0691089264 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780691089263 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ARCH YNDC 523.1 R328O
- QB981 .R369 2001
Contents:
Summary: In a compelling new survey of the universe, the noted cosmologist probes the seeming hospitality of the universe to life, wondering whether this fact is accidental or providential.
pt. 1. From big bang to biospheres -- 1. Planets and stars -- 2. Life and intelligence -- 3. Atoms, stars and galaxies -- 4. Extragalactic perspective -- 5. Pregalactic history -- 6. Black holes and time machines -- pt. 2. The beginning and the end -- 7. Deceleration or acceleration? -- 8. The long-range future -- 9. How things began : the first millisecond -- pt. 3. Fundamentals and conjectures -- 10. Cosmos and microworld -- 11. Laws and bylaws in the multiverse.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. From big bang to biospheres -- 1. Planets and stars -- 2. Life and intelligence -- 3. Atoms, stars and galaxies -- 4. Extragalactic perspective -- 5. Pregalactic history -- 6. Black holes and time machines -- pt. 2. The beginning and the end -- 7. Deceleration or acceleration? -- 8. The long-range future -- 9. How things began : the first millisecond -- pt. 3. Fundamentals and conjectures -- 10. Cosmos and microworld -- 11. Laws and bylaws in the multiverse.
In a compelling new survey of the universe, the noted cosmologist probes the seeming hospitality of the universe to life, wondering whether this fact is accidental or providential.
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