The New Universe and the Human Future: How a Shared Cosmology Could Transform the World (The Terry Lectures) - Hardcover

Nancy Ellen Abrams; Joel R. Primack

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300165080 ISBN 13: 9780300165081

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2011

Synopsis

The New Universe and the Human Future After a four-century rupture between science and the questions of value and meaning, this book presents a life-altering idea: if the world could agree on a shared creation story based on modern cosmology and biology it would redefine our relationship with Planet Earth and benefit all of humanity, now and into the distant future. Full description

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Review:

So what kind of meaning do Primack and Abrams find in the cosmos? Their book answers this question through a totally engaging and very readable exploration of 'the new universe' explained by quantum physics and contemporary astrophysics. . . . The View from the Center of the Universe goes a long way in that direction, and it should be read by anyone, not just scientists, who worry about the human condition. Deepak Chopra, The Huffington Post--Deepak Chopra "The Huffington Post ""

About the Author:

Nancy Ellen Abrams, an attorney, cultural philosopher, and lecturer at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has worked for the Ford Foundation and the Office of Technology Assessment of the U.S. Congress. Joel R. Primack, Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is one of the principal creators of the modern theory of the universe on the grand scale. The New Universe and the Human Future is based on the Terry Lectures that the authors gave at Yale University in October 2009.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0300165080
• ISBN 13: 9780300165081
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256