Caleb Scharf

The Copernicus Complex

The Quest for Our Cosmic (In)Significance

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Produktbeschreibung

When Copernicus proposed that the Earth was not the fixed point at the center of the known universe (and therefore we are not unique), he set in motion a colossal scientific juggernaut, forever changing our vision of nature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin / Penguin Books UK
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 128mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 216g
• ISBN-13: 9780141974934
• ISBN-10: 0141974931
• Artikelnr.: 42376480

Autorenporträt

Caleb Scharf

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: From Microcosm to Cosmos
1. The Copernicus Complex
2. The Ten-Billion-Year Spree
3. Neighbors
4. A Grand Illusion
5. Sugar and Spice
6. Hunters of the Cosmic Plain
7. There's Something About Here
8. (In)Significance

Rezensionen

Mind-blowing stuff . . . An original and gripping look at the universe and our place in it . . . I am pleased to report that this book, which aims to show us our place in the grand scheme of things, will not make you lose your marbles. However it may, to use the parlance of a bygone era, blow your mind a bit. In one four-page period, my marginal notes went from "!" to "!!" to "!!!" . . . A mind-expanding book . . . You won't be quite the same after reading it Nicholas Lezard Guardian