Privileged Planet How Our Place in the Cosmos Is Designed for Discovery

Name: Privileged Planet How Our Place in the Cosmos Is Designed for Discovery
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ISBN: 9780895260659

ISBN-10: 0895260654

ISBN-13: 9780895260659

Edition: 2004

Authors: Guillermo Gonzalez, Jay Wesley Richards

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A convincing case that the rare, finely tuned conditions that allow for intelligent life on Earth are no coincidence, and that Earth was practically designed for discovery.

Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Regnery Publishing, Incorporated, An Eagle Publishing Company
Publication date: 2/1/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



Introduction



Our Local Environment



Wonderful Eclipses



At Home on a Data Recorder



Peering Down



Peering Up



The Pale Blue Dot in Relief



Our Helpful Neighbors



The Broader Universe



Star Probes



Our Galactic Habitat



Our Place in Cosmic Time



A Universe Fine-Tuned for Life and Discovery



Implications



The Revisionist History of the Copernican Revolution



The Copernican Principle



The Anthropic Disclaimer



SETI and the Unraveling of the Copernican Principle



A Universe Designed for Discovery



The Skeptical Rejoinder


Conclusion: Reading the Book of Nature



The Revised Drake Equation



What about Panspermia?


Notes


Acknowledgments


Figure Credits


Index