Origins : the scientific story of creation / Jim Baggott.

By:

Baggott, J. E

Publication details: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, c2015.Description: xvii, 403 p. : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cmISBN:

9780198707646 (hbk)
0198707649 (hbk)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

523.1 23

LOC classification:

QB982 .B384 2015

Summary: 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 spa.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	QB982 .B384 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001394948

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 spa.

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