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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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- 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