Cosmic Evolution : : The Rise of Complexity in Nature / / Eric J. Chaisson.
We are connected to distant space and time not only by our imaginations but also through a common cosmic heritage. Emerging now from modern science is a unified scenario of the cosmos, including ourselves as sentient beings, based on the time-honored concept of change. From galaxies to snowflakes, f...
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Chaisson, Eric J., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Cosmic Evolution : The Rise of Complexity in Nature / Eric J. Chaisson. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2002] ©2001 1 online resource (274 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PROLOGUE OVERVIEW OF COSMIC EVOLUTION -- INTRODUCTION THE NATURE OF CHANGE -- CHAPTER ONE MATTER -- CHAPTER TWO RADIATION -- CHAPTER THREE LIFE -- DISCUSSION EVOLUTION, BROADLY CONSIDERED -- EPILOGUE A GRAND SYNTHESIS -- SYMBOLS AND NUMERICAL CONSTANTS -- GLOSSARY -- WORKS CITED -- FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star We are connected to distant space and time not only by our imaginations but also through a common cosmic heritage. Emerging now from modern science is a unified scenario of the cosmos, including ourselves as sentient beings, based on the time-honored concept of change. From galaxies to snowflakes, from stars and planets to life itself, we are beginning to identify an underlying ubiquitous pattern penetrating the fabric of all the natural sciences--a sweepingly encompassing view of the order and structure of every known class of object in our richly endowed universe.This is the subject of Eric Chaisson's new book. In Cosmic Evolution Chaisson addresses some of the most basic issues we can contemplate: the origin of matter and the origin of life, and the ways matter, life, and radiation interact and change with time. Guided by notions of beauty and symmetry, by the search for simplicity and elegance, by the ambition to explain the widest range of phenomena with the fewest possible principles, Chaisson designs for us an expansive yet intricate model depicting the origin and evolution of all material structures. He shows us that neither new science nor appeals to nonscience are needed to understand the impressive hierarchy of the cosmic evolutionary story, from quark to quasar, from microbe to mind. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Mrz 2024) Cosmology. Life Origin. Matter Constitution. SCIENCE / Cosmology. bisacsh https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674260818?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674260818 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674260818/original |
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