Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos (The Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945) - Image 1

Price loading...

Columbia University Press Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos (The Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945)

Name: Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos (The Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945)
Brand: Columbia University Press

Information Systems

Price History & Forecast

No Price Data Available

Price history will appear here once data is collected from Amazon.

Price Distribution

No price data available for histogram

Description

How did everything around us-the air, the land, the sea, and the stars-originate? What is the source of order, form, and structure characterizing all material things? These are just some of the grand scientific questions Eric J. Chaisson, author of the classic work Cosmic Dawn, explores in his enthralling and illuminating history of the universe. Explaining new discoveries and a range of cutting-edge ideas and theories, Chaisson provides a creative and coherent synthesis of current scientific thinking on the universe's beginnings. He takes us on a tour of the seven ages of the cosmos, from the formless era of radiation through the origins of human culture. Along the way he examines the development of the most microscopic and the most immense aspects of our universe and the complex ways in which they interact. Drawing on recent breakthroughs in astrophysics and biochemistry, Chaisson discusses the contemporary scientific view that all objects-from quarks and quasars to microbes and the human mind-are interrelated. Researchers in all the natural sciences are beginning to identify an underlying pattern penetrating the fabric of existence-a sweepingly encompassing view of the formation, structure, and function of all objects in our multitudinous universe. Moreover, as Chaisson demonstrates, by deciphering the scenario of cosmic evolution, scientists can also determine how living organisms managed to inhabit the land, generate language, and create culture. Epic of Evolution offers a stunning view of how various changes, operating across almost incomprehensible domains of space and nearly inconceivable stretches of time and through the evolutionary combination of necessity and chance, have given rise to our galaxy, our star, our planet, and ourselves.

Product Specifications

Brand: Columbia University Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0231135602
Category: Books > Subjects > Computing & Internet > Computer Science > Information Systems
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 23 November 2005
Listed Since: 12 December 2006

Barcode

No barcode data available

Columbia University Press Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos (The Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945)

Price History & Forecast

No Price Data Available

Price Distribution

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

The Origins of Life and the Universe

Origins of Life: On Earth and in the Cosmos

Epic: Form, Content, and History

Principles of Evolution: From the Planck Epoch to Complex Multicellular Life (The Frontiers Collection)

Enchantment Of Urania, The: 25 Centuries Of Exploration Of The Sky

Evolution

Origin And Evolution Of The Universe: From Big Bang To Exobiology (Second Edition)

The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life: The Search for Our Cosmic Roots

Elementary Particles and the Early Universe: A Synergy of Particle Physics and Cosmology in the Birth and Evolution of the Universe

Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Life

Astronomy: The Cosmic Journey (Cosmic Journey (with Infotrac, the Sky CD-ROM, and Webtutor)

Habitability of the Universe before Earth: Astrobiology: Exploring Life on Earth and Beyond (series) (Volume 1)

From Copernicus to Lambda-CDM

Cosmos. Una Evolucisn Cssmica de Quince Mil Millones de Aqos Que Ha Transformado La Materia En Vida y Consciencia (Fuera de coleccion)

Chimeras and Consciousness: Evolution of the Sensory Self (The MIT Press)

The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life: The Search for Our Cosmic Roots

Answers to THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS Ever Asked

Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Life

A Brief History Of Astronomy And Astrophysics (Astronomy Astrophysics and Cos)

Origins of Life: A Cosmic Perspective (IOP Concise Physics)

Astrobiologie

The Epic Of Humanity: SPECIAL EDITION

Academic Press - Epigenetic Principles of Evolution, 2nd Ed

The Immense Journey: From The Birth Of The Universe To The Rise Of Intelligence