Baggott Jim (Freelance Science Writer) - Origins The Scientific Story Of Creation - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: 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 space and time; energy mass and light; galaxies stars and our sun; the habitable earth and complex life itself. Drawing together the physical and biological sciences Baggott recounts what we currently know of our history highlighting the questions science has yet to answer.
Title: Origins The Scientific Story Of Creation
Author(s): Baggott Jim (Freelance Science Writer)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198707646
Pages: 432 Pages
Publication Date: 10/8/2015
Category: Evolution