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020 _a0198707649 (hbk)
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100 1 _aBaggott, J. E.
245 1 0 _aOrigins :
_bthe scientific story of creation /
_cJim Baggott.
260 _aNew York, NY :
_bOxford University Press,
_cc2015.
300 _axvii, 403 p. :
_billustrations (some color), maps (some color) ;
_c25 cm
520 _aWhat 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.
650 0 _aBeginning.
650 0 _aCosmography.
650 0 _aLife
_xOrigin.
650 0 _aCosmology.
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650 0 _aAstronomy
_xPhilosophy.
651 0 _aSolar system
_xOrigin.
651 0 _aUniverse.
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