The New Universe and the Human Future: How a Shared Cosmology Could Transform the World (The Terry Lectures) - Tapa dura

Abrams, Nancy Ellen; Primack, Joel R.

 
9780300165081: The New Universe and the Human Future: How a Shared Cosmology Could Transform the World (The Terry Lectures)
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ISBN 10: 0300165080 ISBN 13: 9780300165081
Editorial: Yale University Press, 2011

Sinopsis

After a four-century rupture between science and the questions of value and meaning, this groundbreaking book presents an explosive and potentially life-altering idea: if the world could agree on a shared creation story based on modern cosmology and biology - a story that has just become available - it would redefine our relationship with Planet Earth and benefit all of humanity, now and into the distant future. Written in eloquent, accessible prose and illustrated with magnificent colour images throughout, including innovative simulations of the evolving universe, this book brings the new scientific picture of the universe to life. It interprets what our human place in the cosmos may mean for us and our descendants. It offers unique insights into how this newfound knowledge could potentially be used to find solutions to seemingly intractable global problems such as climate change and unsustainable growth. It explains why we need to 'think cosmically, act globally' in order to have a long-term, prosperous future on Earth.

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Acerca del autor

Nancy Ellen Abrams, an attorney, cultural philosopher, and lecturer at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has worked for the Ford Foundation and the Office of Technology Assessment of the U.S. Congress. Joel R. Primack, Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is one of the principal creators of the modern theory of the universe on the grand scale. The New Universe and the Human Future is based on the Terry Lectures that the authors gave at Yale University in October 2009.

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Editorial
Yale University Press
Año de publicación
2011
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Inglés
ISBN 10 
0300165080
ISBN 13 
9780300165081
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Número de páginas
288
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