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Cosmic evolution : the rise of complexity in nature / Eric J. Chaisson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chaisson, Eric.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cosmology.
- Life--Origin.
- Life.
- Matter--Constitution.
- Matter.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- The author 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, Chaisson designs an expansive yet intricate model depicting the origin and evolution of all material structures, from quark to quasar, from microbe to mind. 8 halftones. 35 line illustrations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [258]-270) and index.
- ISBN:
- 067400342X
- OCLC:
- 44613085
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