Origins : the scientific story of creation
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QB981 .B34 2015
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QB981 .B34 2015
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
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| General Shelving - 3rd Floor | QB981 .B34 2015 | On Shelf |
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xvii, 403 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-390) and index.
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What is the nature of the material world? How does it work? What is the universe and how was it formed? What is life? Where do we come from and how did we evolve? How and why do we think? What does it mean to be human? How do we know?There are many different versions of our creation story. This book tells the version according to modern science. It is a unique account, starting at the Big Bang and travelling right up to the emergence of humans as conscious intelligent beings, 13.8 billion years later. Chapter by chapter, it sets out the current state of scientific knowledge: the origins of space.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Baggott, J. E. (2015). Origins: the scientific story of creation (First edition.). Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Baggott, J. E. 2015. Origins: The Scientific Story of Creation. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Baggott, J. E. Origins: The Scientific Story of Creation Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2015.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Baggott, J. E. (2015). Origins: the scientific story of creation. First edn. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Baggott, J. E. Origins: The Scientific Story of Creation First edition., Oxford University Press, 2015.
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