Origins Cosmos, Earth, and Mankind

Name: Origins Cosmos, Earth, and Mankind
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ISBN: 9781611455076

ISBN-10: 1611455073

ISBN-13: 9781611455076

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Authors: Yves Coppens, Hubert Reeves, Dominique Simonnet, Joel de Rosney

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In this potent book, three eminent scientists—an astrophysicist, an organic chemist, and an anthropologist—ponder and discuss some of the basic questions that have obsessed humankind through the ages, and offer thoughtful, enlightening answers in terms the layperson can easily understand. Until now, most of these questions were addressed by religion and philosophy. But science has reached a point where it, too, can voice an opinion. Beginning with the Big Bang roughly fifteen billion years ago, the authors trace the evolution of the cosmos, from the first particles, the atoms, the molecules, the development of cells, organisms, and living creatures, up to the arrival of Homo erectus and…

Book details

List price: $12.95
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Yves Coppens is an author and anthropologist and was part of the team that discovered Lucy. He lives in France.

Dominique Simonnet is a journalist and author. He lives in France.



Foreword


Prologue



The Universe



Chaos



The Universe Gets Organized



Earth



Life



The Primitive Soup



Life Gets Organized



The Explosion of the Species



Mankind



The African Cradle



Our Ancestors Get Organized



The Human Conquest


Epilogue