Cosmosapiens : human evolution from the origin of the universe /
"Specialist scientific fields are developing at incredibly swift speeds, but what can they really tell us about how the universe began and how we humans evolved to play such a dominant role on Earth? John Hands's ... ambitious quest is to bring together this scientific knowledge and evalua...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Overlook Duckworth,
2016
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| Summary: | "Specialist scientific fields are developing at incredibly swift speeds, but what can they really tell us about how the universe began and how we humans evolved to play such a dominant role on Earth? John Hands's ... ambitious quest is to bring together this scientific knowledge and evaluate without bias or preconception all the theories and evidence about the origin and evolution of matter, life, consciousness, and humankind. This ... book provides [a] comprehensive account ... of current ideas such as cosmic inflation, dark energy, the selfish gene, and neurogenetic determinism"--Dust jacket flap |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | xxvi, 674 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 588-627) and index |
| ISBN: | 1468312448 9781468312447 |