Origins
The Darwin College Lectures
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- Editor: A. C. Fabian
- Date Published: August 2005
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- isbn: 9780521018197
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In this volume, a distinguished team of international authorities reports on the latest research on the origins of the most fundamental features of our world. Martin Rees begins the book with a bang, the Big Bang that was the probable start of our universe. The contributors then focus on the origins of the solar system, material complexity and the human species. The volume ends with essays by John Maynard Smith on social behavior, Ernest Gellner on society and John Lyons on language. The first in The Darwin College Lectures, the book is derived from a highly successful series of lively public lectures which have been revised and illustrated for publication under the editorship of Professor A.C. Fabian of the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge.
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- Date Published: August 2005
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521018197
- length: 184 pages
- dimensions: 244 x 170 x 12 mm
- weight: 0.304kg
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Table of Contents
Preface D. H. Mellor
Introduction D. H. Mellor
1. Origin of the universe Martin J. Rees
2. Origin of the solar system David W. Hughes
3. Origins of complexity Ilya Prigogine
4. Human origins and evolution David Pilbeam
5. Origin of social behaviour John Maynard Smith
6. Origins of society Ernest Gellner
7. Origins of language John Lyons
Index.
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