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The Origins of Man and the Universe
出版J.M. Dent, 1981
主題Science / Natural History
ISBN04600450599780460045056
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=btNJnQAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Where do we come from? The greatest achievement of science is that it is now able to answer this ultimate question. With the same fluency of exposition that he showed in his much-praised Timewarp, John Gribbin brilliantly describes the breakthroughs in all facets of physics and biology that, during recent years, have shed new and often startling light on the origins of life and the origins of mankind within the framework of the evolving Universe. Departing from the usual Earth-centered, backwards-in-time approach, John Gribbin begins his cosmic history at the very beginning, some 15 billion years ago, a split-second after the 'big bang' of creation, and leads us on a fascinating voyage through vast reaches of time and space to the here-and-now of life on Earth today. We are inevitable products of the Universe we inhabit, and Dr. Bribbin does not neglect to consider what this discovery means in terms both of the prospects for finding other intelligent life in the Universe and of the ultimate destination of mankind.