Origins : the scientific story of creation / Jim Baggott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baggott, Jim, 1957- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beginning.

Cosmography.

Life--Origin.

Life.

Cosmology.

Astronomy--Philosophy.

Astronomy.

Solar system--Origin.

Solar system.

Universe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What is the nature of the material world? How does it work? What is the universe and how was it formed? What is life? Where do we come from and how did we evolve? 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 spa

Contents:

In the "beginning": the origin of space, time, and energy

Breaking the symmetry: the origin of mass

The last scattering surface: the origin of light

Setting the firmament alight: the origin of stars and galaxies

Synthesis: the origin of chemical complexity

Sol: the origin of the sun and its planets

Terra firma: the origin of a habitable Earth

The cosmic imperative: the origin of life

Symbiosis: the origins of complex cells and multicellular organisms

A song of ice and fire: the origin of species

The human stain: the origin of humanity

Cogito ergo sum: the origin of human consciousness.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-256197-9

0-19-256196-0

0-19-101734-5

0-19-101733-7

OCLC:

916954243