Perspectives: The Evolution of the Cosmos, Life, Humans, Culture and Religion and a Look into the Future
- ISBN-10
- 1460270304
- ISBN-13
- 9781460270301
- Series
- Perspectives
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 412
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-03-04
- Publisher
- FriesenPress
- Author
- William F Brown
Description
From the first seconds Following the Big Bang, to our best guesses for the fate of the universe and humanity, science provides stunning new perspectives about the place of humanity in the cosmos. Humans may live on one planet in one small corner of the Milky Way, itself one of billions of other galaxies, but Earth may be unique in one respect. Earth is teaming with life, one species of which, through chance and natural selection, developed an extraordinary brain, gifted with imagination, curiosity and a compulsion to understand ourselves and the universe. Perspectives is a journey through deep time, from the creation of the universe to the beginnings of life, our human origins and later the rise of culture and religion. It explores what it means to be human, and where our technology could take us in the years and centuries to come....
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