Rees, Martin J., 1942-
Our cosmic habitat / Martin Rees. - 1 online resource : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE TO THE PRINCETON SCIENCE LIBRARY EDITION -- PREFACE -- PROLOGUE �a#x80;#x9C;Could God Have Made the World Any Differently?�a#x80;#x9D; -- PART I From Big Bang to Biospheres -- 1 Planets and Stars -- 2 Life and Intelligence -- 3 Atoms, Stars and Galaxies -- 4 Extragalactic Perspective -- 5 Pregalactic History -- 6 Black Holes and Time Machines -- PART II The Beginning and the End -- 7 Deceleration or Acceleration? -- 8 The Long-Range Future -- 9 How Things Began: The First Millisecond PART III Fundamentals and Conjectures10 Cosmos and Microworld -- 11 Laws and Bylaws in the Multiverse -- APPENDIX Scales of Structure -- NOTES TO THE CHAPTERS
In a compelling new survey of the universe, the noted cosmologist probes the seeming hospitality of the universe to life, wondering whether this fact is accidental or providential.
9781400888986 1400888980
22573/ctt1q8pjrm JSTOR 9452383 IEEE
Cosmology.
Cosmologie.
cosmology.
SCIENCE--Astronomy.
SCIENCE--Physics--Astrophysics.
Cosmology.
Electronic books.
QB981
523.1
Our cosmic habitat / Martin Rees. - 1 online resource : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE TO THE PRINCETON SCIENCE LIBRARY EDITION -- PREFACE -- PROLOGUE �a#x80;#x9C;Could God Have Made the World Any Differently?�a#x80;#x9D; -- PART I From Big Bang to Biospheres -- 1 Planets and Stars -- 2 Life and Intelligence -- 3 Atoms, Stars and Galaxies -- 4 Extragalactic Perspective -- 5 Pregalactic History -- 6 Black Holes and Time Machines -- PART II The Beginning and the End -- 7 Deceleration or Acceleration? -- 8 The Long-Range Future -- 9 How Things Began: The First Millisecond PART III Fundamentals and Conjectures10 Cosmos and Microworld -- 11 Laws and Bylaws in the Multiverse -- APPENDIX Scales of Structure -- NOTES TO THE CHAPTERS
In a compelling new survey of the universe, the noted cosmologist probes the seeming hospitality of the universe to life, wondering whether this fact is accidental or providential.
9781400888986 1400888980
22573/ctt1q8pjrm JSTOR 9452383 IEEE
Cosmology.
Cosmologie.
cosmology.
SCIENCE--Astronomy.
SCIENCE--Physics--Astrophysics.
Cosmology.
Electronic books.
QB981
523.1