Cosmic Evolution: The Rise of Complexity in Nature - Couverture souple

Chaisson, Eric J.

 
9780674009875: Cosmic Evolution: The Rise of Complexity in Nature
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0674009878 ISBN 13 : 9780674009875
Editeur : Harvard University Press, 2002

Synopsis

We are connected to distant space and time not only by our imaginations but also through a common cosmic heritage. Emerging now from modern science is a unified scenario of the cosmos, including ourselves as sentient beings, based on the time-honored concept of change. From galaxies to snowflakes, from stars and planets to life itself, we are beginning to identify an underlying ubiquitous pattern penetrating the fabric of all the natural sciences--a sweepingly encompassing view of the order and structure of every known class of object in our richly endowed universe.

This is the subject of Eric Chaisson's new book. In Cosmic Evolution Chaisson 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, by the search for simplicity and elegance, by the ambition to explain the widest range of phenomena with the fewest possible principles, Chaisson designs for us an expansive yet intricate model depicting the origin and evolution of all material structures. He shows us that neither new science nor appeals to nonscience are needed to understand the impressive hierarchy of the cosmic evolutionary story, from quark to quasar, from microbe to mind.

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À propos de l'auteur

Eric J. Chaisson is a Research Associate at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He is the author of Cosmic Dawn, nominated for the National Book Award for distinguished science writing.

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Éditeur
Harvard University Press
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0674009878
ISBN 13 
9780674009875
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Nombre de pages
288
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Editeur : Harvard University Press, 2000
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