The Unfinished Universe
Seiten
1993
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-508039-1 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-508039-1 (ISBN)
Drawing on the evidence and insights of biology, physics, astronomy and cosmology, this is an original vision of order and change in the universe. The author rejects the popular view that the universe will eventually collapse upon itself.
Drawing on the evidence and insights of biology, physics, astronomy, and cosmology, this is an original and challenging vision of order and change in the universe. Rejecting the popular view that the universe will eventually collapse upon itself, Louise Young argues that the tendency towards increasing entropy is merely one aspect of a single process that is all the time creating more complex, highly organized, and more efficient forms of matter, from the microscopic to the stellar.
Drawing on the evidence and insights of biology, physics, astronomy, and cosmology, this is an original and challenging vision of order and change in the universe. Rejecting the popular view that the universe will eventually collapse upon itself, Louise Young argues that the tendency towards increasing entropy is merely one aspect of a single process that is all the time creating more complex, highly organized, and more efficient forms of matter, from the microscopic to the stellar.
Louise Young is the author of Earth's Aura, The Blue Planet, Sowing the Wind, and Power Over People (Updated Edition, Oxford, 1992). She is also the editor of Exploring the Universe, The Mystery of Matter, and Evolution of Man.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.7.1993 |
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Zusatzinfo | 18 halftones |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 135 x 203 mm |
Gewicht | 208 g |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-508039-4 / 0195080394 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-508039-1 / 9780195080391 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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