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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Guillermo Gonzalez; Jay Wesley Richards |
| ISBN: | 0895260654 9780895260659 |
| OCLC Number: | 54046478 |
| Description: | xv, 444 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Section 1: Our local environment -- Wonderful eclipses -- At home on a data recorder -- Peering down -- Peering up -- The pale blue dot in relief -- Our helpful neighbors -- Section 2: The broader universe -- Star probes -- Our galactic habitat -- Our place in cosmic time -- A universe fine-tuned for life and discovery -- Section 3: 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. |
| Responsibility: | Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay W. Richards. |
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