The New Universe and the Human Future: How a Shared Cosmology Could Transform the World.

ABRAMS, Nancy Ellen and PRIMACK, Joel R.

ISBN 10: 0300165080 / ISBN 13: 9780300165081

Published by Yale Univeristy Press,, New Haven:, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The New Universe and the Human Future: How a Shared Cosmology Could Transform the World.
• Publisher: Yale Univeristy Press,, New Haven:
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300165080
• ISBN 13: 9780300165081
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

After a four-century rupture between science and the questions of value and meaning, this groundbreaking book presents an explosive and potentially life-altering idea: if the world could agree on a shared creation story based on modern cosmology and biology - a story that has just become available - it would redefine our relationship with Planet Earth and benefit all of humanity, now and into the distant future. Written in eloquent, accessible prose and illustrated with magnificent colour images throughout, including innovative simulations of the evolving universe, this book brings the new scientific picture of the universe to life. It interprets what our human place in the cosmos may mean for us and our descendants. It offers unique insights into how this newfound knowledge could potentially be used to find solutions to seemingly intractable global problems such as climate change and unsustainable growth. It explains why we need to 'think cosmically, act globally' in order to have a long-term, prosperous future on Earth.

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.