The View from the Center of the Universe. Discovering Our Extraordinary Place in the Cosmos

Joel R. Primack & Nancy Ellen Abrams

ISBN 10: 0007193521 / ISBN 13: 9780007193523

Published by Fourth Estate, London, 2006

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Hardback in jacket 2006. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Jacket is not torn. Dispatched with TRACKING boxed in cardboard. ref h191. The View From the Centre of the Universe: Discovering Our Extraordinary Place in the Cosmos by Joel R. Primack & Nancy Ellen Abrams.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The View from the Center of the Universe. Discovering Our Extraordinary Place in the Cosmos
• Publisher: Fourth Estate, London
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007193521
• ISBN 13: 9780007193523
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Illus. With Photos
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

A new, scientifically supported understanding of the universe, one that will forever change our personal relationship with the cosmos.

‘Joel Primack is one of the pioneers in the development of modern ideas of cosmic evolution… [this] book presents an original synthesis and distinctive perspective on humanity’s place in the cosmos.’ Martin Rees, Astronmer Royal

Ever since Galileo discovered that Earth is not the centre of the universe, we’ve thought of ‘the universe’ as either an enormous ice-cold vacuum or a setting for science fiction. Now, thanks to startling discoveries in astronomy and physics, we can see that the universe is far more coherent than anyone ever imagined it to be. For the first time in history, we have the necessary tools, theories and thinking to create a science-based cosmology (the study of the origin and structure of the universe) that explains not only how the universe works but what our place in it really is.

This emerging cosmology explains how the universe operates, what the universe is made of, where it may have come from, how it is evolving and why it makes sense that humans are on Earth at all.

Authors Joel Primack and Nancy Abrams, a world-renowned astrophysicist and a science philosopher, explain these astonishing new ideas in ways that will literally change how we view the world, showing us how intellectually thrilling and intuitively meaningful these new concepts are.

About the Author

Joel Primack is an award-winning physics professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and is one of the most respected researchers in his field. He was one of the principal originators and developers of the theory of Cold Dark Matter. His wife, Nancy Abrams, is an award-winning science philosopher, as well as a writer, artist and lawyer whose work has appeared in journals, magazines and books.