We all have a natural interest in our own origins and, by
extension, the origins of the world in which we live. In this
volume, the first in The Darwin College Lectures Series, a
distinguished team of international authorities reports on the
latest research on the origins of the most fundamental features of
our world. Martin Rees begins the book with a bang, the Big Bang
that was the probable start of our expanding universe. The
contributors then focus on the origins of the solar system,
material complexity and the human species. The volume ends with
essays by John Maynard Smith on social behaviour, Ernest Gellner on
society and John Lyons on language. The book derives from a highly
successful series of lively public lectures which have since been
revised and illustrated for publication under the editorship of
Professor A. C. Fabian of the Institute of Astronomy, University of
Cambridge.
General
| Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Darwin College Lectures |
| Release date: |
August 2005 |
| First published: |
1988 |
| Editors: |
A.C. Fabian
|
| Dimensions: |
244 x 170 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
184 |
| Edition: |
Revised |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-521-01819-7 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Science: general issues >
Popular science
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| LSN: |
0-521-01819-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780521018197 |
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