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Universe in Creation: A New Understanding of the Big Bang and the Emergence of Life


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Offering a fresh take on what brought the world—and us—into being, Roy Gould helps us see the universe as the master of its own creation, not tethered to a singular event but burgeoning as new space and energy stream into existence. He explores whether life itself—rather than a mere cosmic afterthought—may be written into the basic laws of nature.

Table of Contents:
Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Introduction Part One. Where Does the Universe Come From? 1. What Is the Universe—and How Large Is It? 2. Galaxies Misbehave 3. What’s the Big Idea? 4. Einstein, Gravity, and the Universe 5. The Big Bang and Beyond 6. Building Plans Part Two. How Did Structure Arise from Chaos? 7. An Apple Pie from Scratch 8. Into the Abyss 9. Into the Cauldron 10. Into the Light Part Three. Is Life Merely a Roll of the Cosmic Dice? 11. The Great Inventor 12. Information, Please! 13. Is Evolution Predictable? 14. The Sensational Sensations 15. Design without a Designer? 16. “Who’s There?” Epilogue: What Is Worthy of Our Wonder? Notes Acknowledgments Index

About the Author :
Gould Roy R. : Roy R. Gould is Principal Investigator and Education Analyst at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

Review :
Molly Bentley, Executive Producer, Big Picture Science: When we wonder where we came from, or ponder the meaning of our lives, our thoughts might go back to childhood. In his search for meaning, Roy Gould rewinds further to where everything began: the birth of the cosmos. He is the universe's joyful biographer, recognizing that its story and ours are intertwined, and that one of the most extraordinary things about the universe is that it created beings that can observe and appreciate it. Universe in Creation asks whether or not the universe's creation of stars, galaxies, living cells, and human beings reveals an unfolding plan. It is a delightful, spirited, and brilliant inquiry.Avi Loeb, Harvard University: Exciting, original, and extremely well written, Universe in Creation offers a philosophically novel perspective on the nature of the universe. Roald Hoffmann, chemist and writer: The universe could not have dreamt up a better press agent for its story than Roy Gould. From what connects katydids and elephants, through the natural evolution of RNAs, to exoplanets and the Mandelbrot set--the author's sense of wonder at what is around us is absolutely infectious. Gould's explanation of how order is naturally created by using disorder at all scales is the best I have seen, making sense of purposefulness without purpose. A joyous romp through a cosmos full of wonders, and changing still! Gould...proposes a fascinating thesis about life's emergence in this eloquent debut... His thought-provoking closing arguments highlight three observations of life: 'that it is extremely robust across billions of years, that it is extremely diverse across millions of species, and that it is ubiquitous across the planet's many environments.' ...[R]eaders will appreciate Gould's erudition and his new way of looking at the universe.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780674985063
  • Publisher: Harvard University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Harvard University Press
  • Edition: Digital original
  • No of Pages: 256
  • ISBN-10: 0674985060
  • Publisher Date: 07 May 2018
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: A New Understanding of the Big Bang and the Emergence of Life


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