Origins - The Darwin College Lectures

Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface D. H. Mellor; Introduction D. H. Mellor; 1. Origin of the universe Martin J. Rees; 2. Origin of the solar system David W. Hughes; 3. Origins of complexity Ilya Prigogine; 4. Human origins and evolution David Pilbeam; 5. Origin of social behaviour John Maynard Smith; 6. Origins of society Ernest Gellner; 7. Origins of language John Lyons; Index.

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• Authors: A. C. Fabian, A.C. Fabian
• Assisted by: Fabian A. C. (Editor), A. C. Fabian (Editor), Andrew C. Fabian (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.08.2005
• EAN: 9780521018197
• ISBN: 978-0-521-01819-7
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Darwin College Lectures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy