Universe in Creation : : A New Understanding of the Big Bang and the Emergence of Life / / Roy R. Gould.
We know the universe has a history, but does it also have a story of self-creation to tell? Yes, in Roy R. Gould’s account. He offers a compelling narrative of how the universe—with no instruction other than its own laws—evolved into billions of galaxies and gave rise to life, including humans who h...
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Gould, Roy R., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Universe in Creation : A New Understanding of the Big Bang and the Emergence of Life / Roy R. Gould. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2018] ©2018 1 online resource (256 p.) : 17 halftones, 4 line illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One. WHERE DOES THE UNIVERSE COME FROM? -- What Is the Universe—and How Large Is It? -- Galaxies Misbehave -- What’s the Big Idea? -- Einstein, Gravity, and the Universe -- The Big Bang and Beyond -- Building Plans -- Part Two. HOW DID STRUCTURE ARISE FROM CHAOS? -- An Apple Pie from Scratch -- Into the Abyss -- Into the Cauldron -- Into the Light -- Part Three. IS LIFE MERELY A ROLL OF THE COSMIC DICE? -- The Great Inventor -- Information, Please! -- Is Evolution Predictable? -- The Sensational Sensations -- Design without a Designer? -- “Who’s There?” -- Epilogue: What Is Worthy of Our Wonder? -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star We know the universe has a history, but does it also have a story of self-creation to tell? Yes, in Roy R. Gould’s account. He offers a compelling narrative of how the universe—with no instruction other than its own laws—evolved into billions of galaxies and gave rise to life, including humans who have been trying for millennia to comprehend it. Far from being a random accident, the universe is hard at work, extracting order from chaos. Making use of the best current science, Gould turns what many assume to be true about the universe on its head. The cosmos expands inward, not outward. Gravity can drive things apart, not merely together. And the universe seems to defy entropy as it becomes more ordered, rather than the other way around. Strangest of all, the universe is exquisitely hospitable to life, despite its being constructed from undistinguished atoms and a few unexceptional rules of behavior. Universe in Creation explores whether the emergence of life, rather than being a mere cosmic afterthought, may be written into the most basic laws of nature. Offering a fresh take on what brought the world—and us—into being, Gould helps us see the universe as the master of its own creation, not tethered to a singular event but burgeoning as new space and energy continuously stream into existence. It is a very old story, as yet unfinished, with plotlines that twist and churn through infinite space and time. 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 24. Aug 2021) Beginning. Big bang theory. Creation. Life Origin. SCIENCE / Astronomy. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 9783110606621 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674985063 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674985063 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674985063.jpg |
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