Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe Tapa blanda - 2004

The assassin's bullet misses, the Archduke's carriage moves forward, and a catastrophic war is avoided. So too with the history of life. Re-run the tape of life, as Stephen J. Gould claimed, and the outcome must be entirely different: an alien world, without humans and maybe not even intelligence. The history of life is littered with accidents: any twist or turn may lead to a completely different world. Now this view is being challenged. Simon Conway Morris explores the evidence demonstrating life's almost eerie ability to navigate to a single solution, repeatedly. Eyes, brains, tools, even culture: all are very much on the cards. So if these are all evolutionary inevitabilities, where are our counterparts across the galaxy? The tape of life can only run on a suitable planet, and it seems that such Earth-like planets may be much rarer than hoped. Inevitable humans, yes, but in a lonely Universe.

Detalles

• Título Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe
• Autor Simon Conway Morris
• Encuadernación Tapa blanda
• Edición First Edition
• Páginas 464
• Volúmenes 1
• Idioma ENG
• Editorial Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Fecha de publicación 2004-11-08
• Ilustrado Sí
• Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
• ISBN 9780521603256 / 0521603250
• Peso 1.5 libras (0.68 kg)
• Dimensiones 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.1 pulgadas (22.61 x 14.99 x 2.79 cm)
• Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2002035069
• Dewey Decimal Code 576.801