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The privileged planet : how our place in the cosmos is designed for discovery / Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay W. Richards
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TextPublication details: Washington, DC : Regnery Pub. ; Lanham, MD : National Book Network [distributor], c2004Description: xv, 444 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN: - 0895260654 (acidfree paper)
- 9780895260659 (acidfree paper)
- ARCH YNDC 523.2 G643P 22
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Summary: Arguing that life may be rarer than some astronomers and philosophers have said, the author details the delicate balance of factors that make life possible on this planet and reveals the rarity of these conditions in the universe
Section 1: Our local environment -- Wonderful eclipses -- At home on a data recorder -- Peering down -- Peering up -- The pale blue dot in relief -- Our helpful neighbors -- Section 2: The broader universe -- Star probes -- Our galactic habitat -- Our place in cosmic time -- A universe fine-tuned for life and discovery -- Section 3: Implications -- The revisionist history of the Copernican revolution -- The Copernican principle -- The anthropic disclaimer -- SETI and the unraveling of the Copernican principle -- A universe designed for discovery -- The skeptical rejoinder
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| ARCH YNDC 523.1 R328O Our cosmic habitat / | ARCH YNDC 523.1 W592P Process and reality ; an essay in cosmology. | ARCH YNDC 523.109 W947C Cosmology in antiquity / | ARCH YNDC 523.2 G643P The privileged planet : how our place in the cosmos is designed for discovery / | ARCH YNDC 529 C873A The arrow of time : a voyage through science to solve time's greatest mystery / | ARCH YNDC 530 D255M The matter myth : dramatic discoveries that challenge our understanding of physical reality / | ARCH YNDC 530 M967K Knowing : the nature of physical law / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-416) and index
Section 1: Our local environment -- Wonderful eclipses -- At home on a data recorder -- Peering down -- Peering up -- The pale blue dot in relief -- Our helpful neighbors -- Section 2: The broader universe -- Star probes -- Our galactic habitat -- Our place in cosmic time -- A universe fine-tuned for life and discovery -- Section 3: Implications -- The revisionist history of the Copernican revolution -- The Copernican principle -- The anthropic disclaimer -- SETI and the unraveling of the Copernican principle -- A universe designed for discovery -- The skeptical rejoinder
Arguing that life may be rarer than some astronomers and philosophers have said, the author details the delicate balance of factors that make life possible on this planet and reveals the rarity of these conditions in the universe
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