Paul Davies' ''The Goldilocks Enigma: Why is the
Universe Just Right for Life?'' gets to the heart of
what makes the universe tick - and what makes our place
in it so special. It's not too hot, it's not too cold,
and its forces act together in a way that's just right:
why does the universe seem so perfectly tailor-made for
life to exist? Paul Davies, one of the world's most
acclaimed science writers, shows how everything from the
humble carbon atom to the speed of light and the laws of
physics themselves interact. He asks: is there a theory
of everything within our grasp? If there was a big bang,
what happened before it? Is there on universe or many?
Could we exist within an endless time loop? ''This is
popular science as home to the really big questions''.
(''Independent'' Books of the Year). ''Beautifully
judged''. (''Guardian''). ''Britain's most eminent
cosmologist...Davies is effortlessly at home in the
scale of the impossibly large, hundreds of billions of
miles''. (''Observer''). ''He leads the reader gently by
the hand through the basics of what we are sure we
understand about space, time and the universe''. (John
Gribbin).''Paul Davies is undoubtedly one of the most
important modern scientific authors ...his most
significant contribution to date''. (Patrick Moore).
Paul Davies is Director of the BEYOND Center for
Fundamental Concepts in Science, and co-Director of the
Cosmology Initiative, both at Arizona State University.
An internationally-acclaimed physicist, writer and
broadcaster, Davies is the author of some twenty
award-winning books, including ''The Eerie Silence:
Searching for Ourselves in the Universe'', ''The
Goldilocks Enigma: Why is the Universe Just Right for
Life?'' and ''The Mind of God: Science and the Search
for Ultimate Meaning''. |
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