Biological Big Bang
Author: Chandra Wickramasinghe
Publisher: Cosmology.com
Published: 2010-11-01
Total Pages: 726
ISBN-13: 9780982955222
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Astrobiology
Author: Julian Chela-Flores
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2000-09-30
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780792365877
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The proposal of the School was made in 1998 to three institutions, which responded enthusiastically: The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), its main co-sponsor, the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, both in Trieste, Italy, and the Chancellor's Office, Universidad Simon Bolfvar (USB). The secretarial and logistic support was provided in Trieste by the ICTP and in Caracas by USB and the IDEA Convention Center. In addition the event was generously supported by the following institutes, agencies, foundations and academies: NASA Headquarters, European Space Agency, TALVEN Programme, (Delegacion Permanente de Venezuela ante la UNESCO), The SETI Institute, Centro Latinoamericano .de Ffsica, The Third World Academy of Sciences, Academia de Ciencias Ffsicas, Matematicas y Naturales, Red Latinoamericana de Biologfa, The Planetary Society, The Latin American Academy of Sciences (Fondo ACAL), Alberto Vollmer Foundation, Inc, Fundacion J. Oro, Associated to the Catalonian Research Foundation, Red Latinoamericana de Astronomfa and Colegio Emil Friedman. A total of 36 lectures were delivered by 20 lecturers, of which 14 were from the following countries: Argentina, Mexico, Italy, Spain and the USA. Six lecturers were from the host country. In addition there were 5 chairpersons from the host country that were not participants; two participants acted as chairpersons (Pedro Benitez and Tomas Revilla).
Cosmic Heritage
Author: Peter Shaver
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2011-08-26
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 3642202616
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book follows the evolutionary trail all the way from the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago to conscious life today. It is an accessible introductory book written for the interested layperson – anyone interested in the ‘big picture’ coming from modern science. It covers a wide range of topics including the origin and evolution of our universe, the nature and origin of life, the evolution of life including questions of birth and death, the evolution of cognition, the nature of consciousness, the possibility of extraterrestrial life and the future of the universe. The book is written in a narrative style, as these topics are all parts of a single story. It concludes with a discussion on the nature and future of science.
Evolution
Author: Leonid E. Grinin
Publisher: ООО "Издательство "Учитель"
Published: 2015-11-16
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 5705745206
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The present volume is the fourth issue of the Yearbook series entitled ‘Evolution’. The title of the present volume is ‘From Big Bang to Nanorobots’. In this way we demonstrate that all phases of evolution and Big History are covered in the articles of the present Yearbook. Several articles also present the forecasts about future development. The main objective of our Yearbook as well as of the previous issues is the creation of a unified interdisciplinary field of research in which the scientists specializing in different disciplines could work within the framework of unified or similar paradigms, using the common terminology and searching for common rules, tendencies and regularities. At the same time for the formation of such an integrated field one should use all available opportunities: theories, laws and methods. In the present volume, a number of such approaches are used. The volume consists of four sections: Universal Evolutionary Principles; Biosocial Evolution, Ecological Aspects, and Consciousness; Projects for the Future; In Memoriam. This Yearbook will be useful both for those who study interdisciplinary macroproblems and for specialists working in focused directions, as well as for those who are interested in evolutionary issues of Cosmology, Biology, History, Anthropology, Economics and other areas of study. More than that, this edition will challenge and excite your vision of your own life and the new discoveries going on around us!
Three Big Bangs
Author: Holmes Rolston III
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2010-10-19
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 0231156391
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Our Cosmic Origins
Author: A. H. Delsemme
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9780521794800
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This 1998 book examines the remarkable story of the emergence of life and intelligence through the complex evolutionary history of the Universe.
The Big Bang Exploded
Author: Russell R. Standish
Publisher: Hartland Publications
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780923309527
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Author: Eric J. Chaisson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2001-02-16
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 0674009878
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Chaisson addresses some of the most basic issues we can contemplate: the origin of matter and the origin of life, and the ways matter, life, and radiation interact and change with time. He designs for us an expansive yet intricate model depicting the origin and evolution of all material structures.
The Brain
Author: Rob DeSalle
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2012-04-30
Total Pages: 531
ISBN-13: 0300183569
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →“An engaging and complex examination of the development of the human brain throughout its evolutionary history” (Publishers Weekly). After several million years of jostling for ecological space, only one survivor from a host of hominid species remains standing: us. Human beings are extraordinary creatures, and it is the unprecedented human brain that makes them so. In this delightfully accessible book, the authors present the first full, step-by-step account of the evolution of the brain and nervous system. Tapping the very latest findings in evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and molecular biology, Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall explain how the cognitive gulf that separates us from all other living creatures could have occurred. They discuss • The development and uniqueness of human consciousness • How human and nonhuman brains work • The roles of different nerve cells • The importance of memory and language in brain functions, and much more Our brains, they conclude, are the product of a lengthy and supremely untidy history—an evolutionary process of many zigs and zags—that has accidentally resulted in a splendidly eccentric and creative product.
In the Blink of an Eye
Author: Andrew Parker
Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780465054381
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A talented young scientist unlocks the secrets of nature's "Big Bang" 550 million years ago, speculating that the ability to see created a proliferation of life--and variety of life--across the planet. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
