What is life? Where do we come from and how did we evolve? What is the universe and how was it formed? What is the nature of the material world? How does it work? How and why do we think? What does it mean to be human? How do we know?There are many different versions of our creation story. This book tells the version according to modern science. It is a unique account, starting at the Big Bang and travelling right up to the emergence of humans as conscious intelligent beings, 13.8 billion years later. Chapter by chapter, it sets out the current state of scientific knowledge: the origins of space and time; energy, mass, and light; galaxies, stars, and our sun; the habitable earth, and complex life itself. Drawing together the physical and biological sciences, Baggott recounts what we currently know of our history, highlighting the questions science has yet to answer.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN-13
9780198826002
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11046541709
Product Key Features
Author
Jim Baggott
Publication Name
Origins: the Scientific Story of Creation
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Science, Biology, Astronomy
Publication Year
2018
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
712g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Jim Baggott
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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