Our Final Century? : Will the Human Race Survive the Twenty-First Century?

Our planet may be insignificant on a cosmic scale, but the evolution of intelligent life here makes it unusual, it is likely to be unique in our galaxy. Yet we may be on the verge of destroying int, of destroying ourselves - over the next century the future of life in the cosmos could be either jeopardised - of safeguarded for perpetuity.

Politics & Social Sciences

Martin Rees

Sociology

Random House]

Our universe seems strangely ‘biophilic,’ or hospitable to life. Is this providence or coincidence? According to Martin Rees, the answer depends on the answer to another question, the one posed by Einstein’s famous remark: ‘What interests me most is whether God could have made the world differently.’ This highly engaging book centres on the fascinating consequences of the answer being ‘yes’. Rees explores the notion that our universe is just part of a vast ‘multiverse,’ or ensemble of universes, in which most of the other universes are lifeless. What we call the laws of nature would then be local bylaws, imposed in the aftermath of our own Big Bang. In this scenario, our cosmic habitat would be a special, possibly unique universe where the prevailing laws of physics allowed life to emerge. Expanding our comprehension of the cosmos, OUR COSMIC HABITAT will be read and enjoyed by all those - scientists and non-scientists alike - who are as fascinated by the universe we inhabit, as is the author himself.

Our Cosmic Habitat

Science & Math

Astronomy & Space Science

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

It is suggested that we may be on the verge of destroying the planet on which we live. Whilst discussing various topics, including genetically engineered viruses, nanotechnology and pollution-induced envrionmental catastrophe, Sir Martin Rees demonstrates the risks we are taking, as well as the enormous difficulties of imposing limits upon them.

Heinemann

An investigation into the origin of intelligent life on Earth, includes an exploration of the nature of dark matter, the superstring theory, and the existence of other universes

Cosmic Coincidences: Dark Matter, Mankind, and Anthropic Cosmology

Religion & Spirituality

John, Gribbin

New Age & Spirituality

Bantam New Age

Thirty-three years and over ten million copies later...the classic story continues. Yossarian returns -- older, if not wiser -- to face a new foe. An instant classic when published in 1961, Joseph Heller's "Catch-22" still ranks among the funniest -- and most serious -- novels ever written about war. Now Heller has dared to write the sequel to his 10-million copy bestseller, using many of "Catch-22"'s characters to deftly satirize the realities and the myths of America in the half century since they fought World War II. In "Closing Time," a comic masterpiece in its own right, Heller spears the inflated balloons of our national consciousness -- the absurdity of our politics, the decline of society and our great cities, the greed and hypocrisy of our business and culture -- with the same ferocious humor that he used against the conventional view of warfare. Back again are characters familiar from "Catch-22," including Yossarian and Milo Minderbinder, the chaplain, and little Sammy Singer, as they come to the end of their lives and the end of the century -- all linked, this time, in uneasy peace and old age...fighting not the Germans, but The End. Outrageously funny and totally serious, and as brilliant and successful as "Catch-22" itself, "Closing Time" is a fun-house mirror that captures, at once grotesquely and accurately, the truth about ourselves.

Closing Time

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Scribner UK

How did a single 'genesis event' create billions of galaxies, black holes, stars and planets? How did atoms assemble -- here on Earth, and perhaps on other worlds -- into living beings intricate enough to ponder their origins? This book describes the recent avalanche of discoveries about the universe's fundamental laws, and the deep connections that exist between stars and atoms -- the cosmos and the microscopic world. Just six numbers, imprinted in the 'big bang', determine the essence of our world, and this book devotes one chapter to explaining each.

Just Six Numbers : The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe

Phoenix Paperbacks

Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape The Universe

Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape The Universe

Basic Books, Inc.

This is the ultimate guided tour of our universe. From the fiery mass of the Sun's core to the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way, take off into the farthest limits of space and discover our universe. Explore the latest discoveries in astronomy, spectacular star charts and stunning images from space probes and telescopes. It offers a dazzling visual exploration of all the astonishing features and phenomena of space. It is an out-of-this-world reference for all the family.

DK Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Universe (Dk Astronomy)

Reference

DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)

Universe (B&N Exclusive Edition)

Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe

Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing

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Our Final Century? : Will the Human Race Survive the Twenty-First Century?

Our Cosmic Habitat

Our Final Century? : Will the Human Race Survive the Twenty-First Century?

Cosmic Coincidences: Dark Matter, Mankind, and Anthropic Cosmology

Closing Time

Just Six Numbers : The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe

Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape The Universe

DK Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Universe (Dk Astronomy)

Universe (B&N Exclusive Edition)

Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe