The Reason Why

The Miracle of Life on Earth

John Gribbin

  • Penguin

  • Date de publication : 2011-04-28

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Does one planet really matter among the immensity of the Cosmos? John Gribbin is here to persuade us that it does. In this ground-breaking and provocative new book Gribbin argues that we owe our existence to the impact of a 'supercomet' with Venus 600 million years ago. But this is only part of the story, just one of the astronomical and geophysical reasons why the Earth is special. For the first time, he makes the link between the whole series of cosmic events that have affected the Earth and given rise to our intelligent civilization - a civilization, Gribbin argues, that is unique within our Milky Way Galaxy. Even if other Earths are common, and life itself may be common, the kind of intelligent, technological civilization that has emerged on Earth occurs only here. If humankind can survive the present environmental crises, the whole of the galaxy may become our home. And if not, our demise may be an event of literally universal significance.

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Auteur
John  Gribbin
Marque
Penguin
Collection
n.c
Parution
2011-04-28
Pages
240 pages
EAN papier
9780141047966
Langue
Anglais
Informations ebook
EAN EPUB
9780141957852
Prix
9,49 €
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Nb pages copiables 24
Nb pages imprimables 24
Taille du fichier 1864 Ko
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Defaut-Illustration John Gribbin
John Gribbin is one of today's greatest writers of popular science and the author of bestselling books, including In Search of Schrödinger's Cat, Stardust, Science: A History and Deep Simplicity. He is famous to his many fans for making complex ideas simple, and says that his aim in his writing - much of it done with his wife, Mary Gribbin - is to share with his readers his sense of wonder at the strangeness of the universe. John Gribbin trained as an astrophysicist at Cambridge University and is currently Visiting Fellow in Astronomy at the University of Sussex.
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